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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo
Roman Catholic archdiocese in western Angola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Archdiocese of Huambo (Latin: Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.
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Archdiocese of Huambo Archidioecesis Huambensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Angola |
Statistics | |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 2,019,555 1,137,010 (56.3%) |
Parishes | 49 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 4 September 1940 (As Diocese of Nova Lisboa) 3 February 1977 (As Archdiocese of Huambo) |
Cathedral | Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady |
Secular priests | 88 (2019) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. |
Bishops emeritus | José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. |
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The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), in Huambo.
By 2019, the archdiocese had approximately 1.1 million Roman Catholics and 88 diocesan priests.[1]