Diocese of Chimoio
Cimoian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chimoio, Mozambique
Latin Catholic diocese in Manica Province, Mozambique, erected in 1990 from the Archdiocese of Beira to which it is suffragan. Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula was appointed by Pope Leo XIV in December 2025 and installed on 22 February 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1990
- Latin
- Cimoian(us)
- Patron
- Mary Immaculate
- Annuario code
- 001001136
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 90,462
- Population
- 1,301,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.0%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 1,774
- Extent
- 61,661 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Lucio Andrice Muandula
- Born
- 9 October 1959
- Birthplace
- Maputo
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 Mary Immaculate stands in Chimoio, 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 QuelimaneQuelimane
- Diocese of TeteTete
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Chimoio in Mozambique is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimoio (Latin: Cimoian(us)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Beira.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.