Diocese of Tete
Tetien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tete, Mozambique
The Diocese of Tete is a Latin rite diocese in Mozambique, erected in 1962 from the Diocese of Beira, to which it is suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. James the Major in Tete.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 May 1962
- Latin
- Tetien(sis)
- Patron
- São Tiago Maior
- Annuario code
- 001003209
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 245,000
- Population
- 1,210,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 20.2%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 3,712
- Extent
- 100,715 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- Diamantino Guapo Antunes
- Born
- 30 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Albergaria dos Doze
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
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 St. James the Major stands in Tete, 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 QuelimaneQuelimane
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mozambique's ecclesiastical province of Beira includes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete (Latin: Tetien(sis)), seated in the city of Tete.
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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.