Archdiocese of Luanda
Luanden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Luanda, Angola
The Archdiocese of Luanda is the metropolitan Latin Church see for Angola's capital, founded in 1596 as the Diocese of Angola e Congo and elevated to an archdiocese on 4 September 1940. It is led by Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias and oversees suffragan dioceses including Cabinda, Caxito, Mbanza Congo, Sumbe, and Viana.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 September 1940
- Latin
- Luanden(sis)
- Patron
- São Salvador
- Annuario code
- 001002052
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,060,000
- Population
- 7,146,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 42.8%
- Priests
- 130
- Catholics per priest
- 23,538
- Extent
- 1,074 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,849
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
- Archbishop
- Filomeno Vieira Dias
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
Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios), Luanda stands in Luanda, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CabindaCabinda
- Diocese of CaxitoCaxito
- Diocese of Mbanza CongoMbanza Congo
- Diocese of SumbeSumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
No Roman Catholic archdiocese in Angola is older than Luanda (Latin: Archidioecesis Luandensis). Its cathedral is the Church of Our Lady of Remedies (Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios) in Luanda.
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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.