Diocese of Caxito
Caxitonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caxito, Angola
The Diocese of Caxito is a Latin Church diocese in Bengo Province, Angola, erected on 6 June 2007. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Luanda, and its bishop since 2020 is Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 2007
- Latin
- Caxitonen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Ana
- Annuario code
- 001001086
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 416,000
- Population
- 1,234,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.7%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 8,667
- Extent
- 12 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34,667
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
- Maurício Agostinho Camuto
- Born
- 26 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Colungo Alto
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
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
Catedral Sant’Ana stands in Caxito, 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 Mbanza CongoMbanza Congo
- Diocese of SumbeSumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caxito, in Angola's ecclesiastical province of Luanda, is home to the Diocese of Caxito (Latin: Dioecesis Caxitonsis).
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.