Diocese of Dundo

Dioecesis Dundensis
Location
Country Angola
MetropolitanSaurímo
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEstanislau Marques Chindekasse, S.V.D.

The Diocese of Dundo (Latin: Dioecesis Dundensis) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Angola. In 2016, it had 366,700 baptised out of 800,000 inhabitants. It is governed by Bishop Estanislau Marques Chindekasse S.V.D. Its episcopal see is the city of Dundo. The Diocese of Dundo is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Saurímo in Angola.

Lands

The episcopal see is the city of Dundo, where the cathedra is found in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The territory is divided into 10 parishes.

History

  • On 9 November 2001, the diocese was erected from territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saurimo (today an archdiocese). It was originally a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Luanda.
  • On 12 April 2011, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the archdiocese of Saurimo.

Leadership

  • Bishops of Dundo (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Estanislau Marques Chindekasse, S.V.D. (22 December 2012 - ...)
    • Bishop José Manuel Imbamba (6 October 2008 – 12 April 2011), appointed Archbishop of Saurimo
    • Bishop Joaquim Ferreira Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (9 November 2001 – 6 June 2007), appointed Bishop of Viana

Statistics

Year Population Priests Deacons Religious Parishes
Baptised Total % Number Secular Regular Baptised for priesthood Men Women
2001 70.000 700.000 10,0 7 2 5 10.000 5 9 1
2002 70.000 700.000 10,0 5 5 14.000 6 10 1
2003 71.000 701.000 10,1 5 1 4 14.200 6 13 2
2004 71.000 701.000 10,1 6 1 5 11.833 6 13 4
2006 200.000 746.000 26,8 6 1 5 33.333 6 16 5
2013 350.099 849.000 41,2 10 3 7 35.009 7 17 9
2016 366.700 800.000 45,8 16 7 9 22.918 13 26 10

See also

Sources

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