Archdiocese of Luanda
Luanden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Luanda, Angola
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 September 1940
- Latin
- Luanden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002052
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,060,000
- Priests
- 130
- Catholics per priest
- 23,538
- Extent
- 1,074 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,849
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
- Archbishop
- Filomeno Vieira Dias
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
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Luanda
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CabindaCabinda
- Diocese of CaxitoCaxito
- Diocese of Mbanza CongoMbanza Congo
- Diocese of SumbeSumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].