Diocese of Caxito
Caxitonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caxito, Angola
The Diocese of Caxito is a Latin Church diocese in Bengo Province, Angola, erected on 6 June 2007. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Luanda, and its bishop since 2020 is Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 2007
- Latin
- Caxitonen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Ana
- Annuario code
- 001001086
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 416,000
- Population
- 1,234,000
- Catholic share
- 33.7%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 8,667
- Extent
- 12 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34,667
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Maurício Agostinho Camuto
- Born
- 26 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Colungo Alto
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
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
Catedral Sant’Ana stands in Caxito, 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 Luanda
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Luanda.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LuandaLuanda
- Diocese of CabindaCabinda
- Diocese of Mbanza CongoMbanza Congo
- Diocese of SumbeSumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caxito, in Angola's ecclesiastical province of Luanda, is home to the Diocese of Caxito (Latin: Dioecesis Caxitonsis).
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].