Suffragan diocese Luena, Angola
Diocese of Luena
Lvenan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Luena is a Latin Catholic diocese in eastern Angola, erected in 1963 (originally as the Diocese of Luso, renamed Luena in 1979). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Saurimo and is led by the Uruguayan Salesian bishop Martin Lasarte.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 138,000
- Territory
- 223,000 km²
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paróquia de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Sé Catedral)Luena · CathedralView parish
- Paróquia do Coração de JesusLwenaView parish
- Paróquia São Pedro e São PauloLuenaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Martín Alfredo Lasarte Topolansky
- Born
- 25 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Montevideo
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Luena, 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.