Diocese of

Luena

Angola

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 223,000 km²

Population: 130,000 Catholics (24.1% of 539,200 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 22 missions, 37 priests (23 diocesan, 14 religious), 77 lay religious (21 brothers, 56 sisters), 54 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Saurimo

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Assunção (August 15)

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History

1963.07.01: Established as Diocese of Luso / Lusitanian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Silva Porto)
1979.05.16: Renamed as Diocese of Luena / Lwena / Lvenan(us) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Luena, Moxico

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luena (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B.
(2007.11.26 – 2022.02.22)

Born:	1957.06.03 (Ramos Mejía, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.09.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.02
Died:	2022.02.22 (Verona, Italy † 64)

Bishop of Luena (Angola) (2007.11.26 – 2022.02.22)

Bishop Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas, C.S.Sp. (91)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.12.11 – 2007.11.26)

Bishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (64) (later Archbishop)
(2000.06.07 – 2006.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola)

Et passio Christi

Born:	1958.01.17 (Bândua, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1984.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.06

Coadjutor Bishop of Luena (Angola) (1999.10.15 – 2000.06.07)

Bishop of Luena (Angola) (2000.06.07 – 2006.12.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) (2006.12.11 – 2009.09.05)

President of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (2007 – 2012.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) (2009.09.05 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (2009.11.20 – 2015.11.09)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2013.09 – 2019.07.19)

Bishop José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty
(1979.05.16 – 2000.06.07)

Born:	1928.04.10 (Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.17
Died:	2001.10.12 († 73)

Bishop of Luso (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1979.05.16)

Bishop of Luena (Angola) (1979.05.16 – 2000.06.07)

Bishops of Luso (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty
(1977.02.03 – 1979.05.16)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B.
(1963.07.01 – 1976.04.13)

Born:	1920.09.21 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1948.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.09.08
Died:	1977.12.02 († 57)

Bishop of Luso (Angola) (1963.07.01 – 1976.04.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Mbilingi, C.S.Sp. (64) (later Archbishop) (1999.10.15 – 2000.06.07)

as of 2022.07.05

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