Diocese of Dundo
Dunden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dundo, Angola
The Diocese of Dundo is a Latin Church diocese in Lunda Norte province, Angola, established on November 9, 2001. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Saurimo and has been led by Bishop Estanislau Marques Chindekasse since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 November 2001
- Latin
- Dunden(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
- Annuario code
- 001001333
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 441,475
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 22,074
- Extent
- 103,760 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Estanislau Marques Chindekasse
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 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception stands in Dundo, 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 Saurimo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Saurimo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SaurimoSaurimo
- Diocese of LuenaLuena
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see in the city of Dundo, this Latin Catholic diocese in Angola (Latin: Dioecesis Dundensis) is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saurímo. In 2016 it counted 366,700 baptised among 800,000 inhabitants. Bishop Estanislau Marques Chindekasse S.V.D. governs 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].