Roman Catholic Diocese of Pemba
Encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pemba is a diocese
located in the city of Pemba
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Nampula in Mozambique
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Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Pemba
Pemba, Mozambique
Pemba is a port city in Mozambique. It is the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado and lies on a peninsula in Pemba Bay.The town was founded by the Niassa Company in 1904 as Porto Amélia, after a queen of Portugal, at the peninsula's south western tip and has grown around a port. The city is...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Nampula in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
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History
- April 5, 1957: Established as Diocese of Porto Amélia from the Diocese of Nampula
- September 17, 1976: Renamed as Diocese of Pemba
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Pemba (Roman rite)- Bishop Ernesto Maguengue (since 2004.06.24)
- Archbishop Francisco ChimoioFrancisco ChimoioFrancisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of Maputo, Mozambique, since 2003.-Life:Francisco Chimoio was born in Búzi-Sofala, Mozambique on 6 December 1947. On 9 December 1979 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest. Pope John Paul II appointed Francisco Chimoio to the...
, O.F.M. Cap. (2000.12.05 – 2003.02.22) - Archbishop Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. (1997.10.24 – 2000.11.16)
- Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (1976.09.17 – 1993.11.08)
- Bishops of Porto Amélia (Roman rite)
- Bishop Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (72) (1975.01.15 – 1976.09.17)
- Bishop José dos Santos GarciaJosé dos Santos GarciaJosé dos Santos Garcia S.M.P. was a Portuguese bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 97, he was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops and the oldest Mozambican bishop at the time of his death....
, S.M.P. (1957.04.05 – 1975.01.15)