Diocese of

Uíje

Angola

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Uíje / Uiien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Malanje

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Uíge, Uíge

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Uíje (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joaquim Nhanganga Tyombe (53)
(2021.02.02 – ...)

Bishop of Uíje (Angola)

Born:	1969.11.22 (Mambandi-Cacula, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	2001.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.03.07

Bishop of Uíje (Angola) (2021.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo (59)
(2008.02.02 – 2019.02.11)

Bishop of Viana (Angola)

Born:	1964.03.05 (Cubal, Angola)
Ordained Priest:	1991.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.02.25

Coadjutor Bishop of Uíje (Angola) (2006.12.01 – 2008.02.02)

Bishop of Uíje (Angola) (2008.02.02 – 2019.02.11)

Bishop of Viana (Angola) (2019.02.11 – ...)

Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
(1979.05.16 – 2008.02.02)

Born:	1928.10.12 (Mata Mourisca, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1952.01.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.04.30
Died:	2023.03.16 (Luanda, Angola † 94)

Bishop of Carmona e São Salvador (Angola) (1967.03.14 – 1979.05.16)

Bishop of Uíje (Angola) (1979.05.16 – 2008.02.02)

Bishops of Carmona e São Salvador (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
(1967.03.14 – 1979.05.16)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Emílio Sumbelelo (59) (2006.12.01 – 2008.02.02)

Statistics

Area: 64,022 km²

Population: 1,353,321 Catholics (62.6% of 2,162,125 total) (2020)

Statistics: 24 parishes, 6 missions, 63 priests (44 diocesan, 19 religious), 114 lay religious (21 brothers, 93 sisters), 76 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

History

1967.03.14: Established as Diocese of Carmona e São Salvador (Português) / Carmonen(sis)–Soterpolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda and became suffragan of Luanda)
1979.05.16: Renamed as Diocese of Uíje / Uiien(sis) (Latin)
1984.11.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mbanza Congo
2011.04.12: Became suffragan of Malanje

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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