Diocese of Sumbe
Sumben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sumbe, Angola
The Diocese of Sumbe is a Latin-rite diocese in Angola, erected on 10 August 1975 (originally as the Diocese of Ngunza). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Luanda and has been led since 2023 by Bishop Firmino David.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 October 2006
- Latin
- Sumben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 649,022
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 13,245
- Extent
- 58,698 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Firmino David
- Born
- 13 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Caconda
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
Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral stands in Sumbe, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Luanda.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LuandaLuanda
- Diocese of CabindaCabinda
- Diocese of CaxitoCaxito
- Diocese of Mbanza CongoMbanza Congo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the Angolan city of Sumbe, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sumbensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Luanda.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bispado, C.P. 277, Rua de Soba Ulundo, Sumbe, Kwanza Sul, Angola
- Telephone
- e fax 236.230.120
- [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].