Diocese of Caia
Caian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caia, Mozambique
The Diocese of Caia is a Latin Church diocese in Sofala Province, Mozambique, erected on December 23, 2025 by Pope Leo XIV from territory of the Archdiocese of Beira and the dioceses of Chimoio, Quelimane and Tete. Its first bishop is the Comboni missionary Antonio Manuel Bogaio Constantino, and it is suffragan to Beira.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 December 2025
- Latin
- Caian(us)
- Patron
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001005135
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 153,149
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 6,659
- Extent
- 54,569 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- António Manuel Bogaio Constantino
- Born
- 9 November 1969
- Birthplace
- Beira
- Institute
- MISSIONARI COMBONIANI DEL CUORE DI GESÙ
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle stands in Caia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Beira
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Beira.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BeiraBeira
- Diocese of ChimoioChimoio
- Diocese of QuelimaneQuelimane
- Diocese of TeteTete
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].