Diocese of Lichinga
Lichingaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lichinga, Mozambique
The Diocese of Lichinga is a Latin Church diocese in Niassa Province, Mozambique, established in 1963 as the Diocese of Vila Cabral and renamed in 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nampula, led by Bishop Atanasio Amisse Canira since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 July 1976
- Latin
- Lichingaën(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001001997
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 194,485
- Population
- 839,569
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 23.2%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 5,557
- Extent
- 129,362 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
- Atanasio Amisse Canira
- Born
- 2 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Mossoril
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
St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Lichinga, 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 Nampula
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nampula.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NampulaNampula
- Diocese of Alto MolócuèAlto Molócuè
- Diocese of GurúèGurúè
- Diocese of NacalaNacala
- Diocese of PembaPemba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Lichinga, Mozambique, within the ecclesiastical province of Nampula, stands the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lichinga (Latin: Lichingaën(sis)).
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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.