Suffragan diocese Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Diocese of Xai-Xai
Xai-Xaien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Xai-Xai is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Mozambique, erected on 19 June 1970 (originally as the Diocese of Joao Belo, renamed in 1976). The see became vacant in December 2025 after Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula was transferred to Chimoio, and is administered by Apostolic Administrator Francisco Chimoio.
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- Established
- 1970
- Catholics
- 174,229
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 75,709 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Francisco Chimoio
- Born
- 6 December 1947
- Birthplace
- Búzi-Sofala
- Institute
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The cathedral
Catedral Sao Joao Baptista stands in Xai-Xai, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Seated in the city of Xai-Xai in Mozambique, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xai-Xai (Latin: Xai-Xaien(sis)) forms part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Maputo.
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