Diocese of Nacala
Nacalan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nacala, Mozambique
The Diocese of Nacala is a Latin Catholic see in northeastern Mozambique, erected in 1991 from territory of the Archdiocese of Nampula, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Good Voyage.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1991
- Latin
- Nacalan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Good Voyage
- Annuario code
- 001002331
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 276,000
- Population
- 2,100,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.1%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 6,900
- Extent
- 26,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Alberto Vera Aréjula
- Born
- 8 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Aguilar del Río Alhama
- Institute
- MERCEDARI
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 de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem stands in Nacala, 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 LichingaLichinga
- Diocese of PembaPemba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Mozambique, the city of Nacala gives its name to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nacala (Latin: Nacalan(a)), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Nampula.
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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.