Diocese of Pemba
Pemban(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pemba, Mozambique
The Diocese of Pemba is a Latin Church diocese in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, erected in 1957 as the Diocese of Porto Amelia and renamed Pemba in 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nampula, led by Bishop Antonio Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 September 1976
- Latin
- Pemban(us)
- Patron
- São Paulo de Tarso
- Annuario code
- 001002570
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 820,720
- Population
- 1,400,000
- Catholic share
- 58.6%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 23,449
- Extent
- 82,625 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.9
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo
- Born
- 20 March 1968
- Birthplace
- Soalpo
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. Paul stands in Pemba, 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 Nampula
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nampula.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NampulaNampula
- Diocese of Alto MolócuèAlto Molócuè
- Diocese of GurúèGurúè
- Diocese of LichingaLichinga
- Diocese of NacalaNacala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Mozambique, the city of Pemba gives its name to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pemba (Latin: Pemban(a)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Nampula.
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].