Diocese of Quelimane
Quelimanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Quelimane, Mozambique
The Diocese of Quelimane is a Latin rite suffragan see in Zambézia Province, Mozambique, erected in 1954 from the Diocese of Beira. The see is currently vacant following the killing of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso on 6 June 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 October 1954
- Latin
- Quelimanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Deliverance (Nossa Senhora do Livramento)
- Annuario code
- 001002698
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,370,000
- Population
- 3,440,268
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 39.8%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 18,767
- Extent
- 62,557 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Apostolic Administrator of Quelimane
- Estêvão Ângelo Fernando
- Born
- 17 June 1974
- Birthplace
- Inhassunge
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 do Livramento stands in Quelimane, 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 ChimoioChimoio
- Diocese of TeteTete
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.