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Diocese of

Inhambane

Mozambique Mozambique

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 68,476 km²

Population: 333,435 Catholics (18.4% of 1,809,630 total) (2018)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 19 missions, 43 priests (7 diocesan, 36 religious), 108 lay religious (40 brothers, 68 sisters), 16 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maputo

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.09.07 – ...):Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (74)Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Inhambane (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (74)Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M. (74)Permalink
(2006.09.07 – ...)

Bishop of Inhambane (Mozambique)

Born:1946.10.25 (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 – ...)

Bishop Alberto SetelePermalink
(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.Permalink
(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

as of 2021.06.30

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