Archdiocese of Lubango
Lubangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lubango, Angola
The Archdiocese of Lubango is a metropolitan Latin Church see in southwestern Angola, established in 1955 as the Diocese of Sá da Bandeira and elevated to an archdiocese on 3 February 1977. It is led by Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi and oversees the suffragan dioceses of Menongue, Namibe, and Ondjiva.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 February 1977
- Latin
- Lubangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002053
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,502,130
- Priests
- 119
- Catholics per priest
- 12,623
- Extent
- 118,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Gabriel Mbilingi
- Born
- 17 January 1958
- Birthplace
- Bândua
- 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
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango stands in Lubango, 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 Lubango
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MenongueMenongue
- Diocese of NamibeNamibe
- Diocese of OndjivaOndjiva
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Lubango in Angola has this archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Lubangensis) as its Metropolitan See. The Cathedral of St. Joseph, Lubango serves as its cathedral.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Arcebispado, Avenida Dr. Agostinho Neto, C.P. 231, Lubango, Angola
- Telephone
- 930.183.836
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].