Diocese of Tete
Tetien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tete, Mozambique
The Diocese of Tete is a Latin rite diocese in Mozambique, erected in 1962 from the Diocese of Beira, to which it is suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. James the Major in Tete.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 May 1962
- Latin
- Tetien(sis)
- Patron
- São Tiago Maior
- Annuario code
- 001003209
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 245,000
- Population
- 1,210,000
- Catholic share
- 20.2%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 3,712
- Extent
- 100,715 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- Diamantino Guapo Antunes
- Born
- 30 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Albergaria dos Doze
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
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. James the Major stands in Tete, 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 Beira
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Beira.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BeiraBeira
- Diocese of CaiaCaia
- Diocese of ChimoioChimoio
- Diocese of QuelimaneQuelimane
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mozambique's ecclesiastical province of Beira includes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete (Latin: Tetien(sis)), seated in the city of Tete.
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].