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Diocese of

Inhambane

Mozambique Mozambique

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Inhambane / Inhambanian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maputo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.04.04 – ...):Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (59)Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (59)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.08.11 – ...):Bishop Hilário Da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (65)Bishop Hilário Da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. (65)

Titular Bishop of Chullu

Ordinaries

Bishops of Inhambane (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (59)Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (59)
(2022.04.04 – ...)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique)

Born:1964.08.02 (Chidenguele, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1989.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:2004.10.24

Priest of Maputo (Mozambique) (1989.05.14 – 2004.06.24)

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2004.06.24 – 2012.10.27)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2009 – 2012)

Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (2014.08.06 – 2022.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nampula (Mozambique) (2014.08.06 – 2022.04.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Nampula (Mozambique) (2016.07.25 – 2017.04.11)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (2022.04.04 – ...)

Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (76)Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (76)
(2006.09.07 – 2022.04.04)

Bishop emeritus of Inhambane (Mozambique)

Born:1946.10.25 (Macupulana, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1982.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:1998.02.22

Titular Bishop of Baia (1997.10.24 – 2005.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo (Mozambique) (1997.10.24 – 2005.04.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (2005.04.01 – 2006.09.07)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (2006.09.07 – 2022.04.04)

Bishop Alberto Setele
(1975.11.20 – 2006.09.07)

Born:1935.11.22 (Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:1964.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:1976.02.08
Died:2006.09.07 († 70)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (1975.11.20 – 2006.09.07)

Bishop Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M.
(1962.10.27 – 1974.12.23)

Born:1921.08.13 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1946.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1962.12.30
Died:2002.01.07 († 80)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique) (1962.10.27 – 1974.12.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) (1974 – 1974.12.23)

Bishop of Beira (Mozambique) (1974.12.23 – 1976.12.03)

Bishop of Faro (Portugal) (1977.04.04 – 1988.04.21)

Former Prelates

Statistics

Area: 68,476 km²

Population: 353,000 Catholics (18.4% of 1,919,000 total) (2021)

Statistics: 24 parishes, 20 missions, 57 priests (11 diocesan, 46 religious), 148 religious (68 brothers, 80 sisters), 15 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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