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Metropolitan see Luanda, Angola

Archdiocese of Luanda

Luanden(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Luanda is the metropolitan Latin Church see for Angola's capital, founded in 1596 as the Diocese of Angola e Congo and elevated to an archdiocese on 4 September 1940. It is led by Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias and oversees suffragan dioceses including Cabinda, Caxito, Mbanza Congo, Sumbe, and Viana.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios), Luanda, in Luanda, Angola.

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Established
1596
Catholics
3,060,000
Priests
130
Territory
1,074 km²

Parishes and churches

35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Filomeno Vieira Dias

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The cathedral

Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios), Luanda stands in Luanda, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

No Roman Catholic archdiocese in Angola is older than Luanda (Latin: Archidioecesis Luandensis). Its cathedral is the Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios) in Luanda.

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