Suffragan diocese Lichinga, Mozambique
Diocese of Lichinga
Lichingaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Lichinga is a Latin Church diocese in Niassa Province, Mozambique, established in 1963 as the Diocese of Vila Cabral and renamed in 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nampula, led by Bishop Atanasio Amisse Canira since 2015.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 194,485
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 129,362 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Atanasio Amisse Canira
- Born
- 2 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Mossoril
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The cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Lichinga, 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.
History
In the city of Lichinga, Mozambique, within the ecclesiastical province of Nampula, stands the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lichinga (Latin: Lichingaën(sis)).
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