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Diocese of

Gurué

Mozambique Mozambique

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gurué / Guruen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beira

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.02 – ...):Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita (53)Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gurué (Roman Rite)

Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita (53)Bishop Inácio Lucas Mwita (53)
(2021.02.02 – ...)

Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique)

Born:1969.09.21 (Napaco, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1998.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:2021.03.21

Priest of Nacala (Mozambique) (1998.06.21 – 2021.02.02)

Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique) (2021.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Lerma Martínez, I.M.C.
(2010.03.24 – 2019.04.24)

Born:1944.05.04 (El Palmar, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1969.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:2010.05.30
Died:2019.04.24 (Maputo, Mozambique † 74)

Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique) (2010.03.24 – 2019.04.24)

Bishop Manuel Chuanguira Machado (73)Bishop Manuel Chuanguira Machado (73)
(1993.12.06 – 2009.10.09)

Bishop emeritus of Gurué (Mozambique)

Born:1950.06.11 (Banaze, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1981.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:1994.05.22

Bishop of Gurué (Mozambique) (1993.12.06 – 2009.10.09)

Statistics

Area: 42,451 km²

Population: 997,597 Catholics (45.5% of 2,192,295 total) (2021)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 2 missions, 54 priests (31 diocesan, 23 religious), 100 religious (35 brothers, 65 sisters), 32 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 13

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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