Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tete is a diocese
located in the city of Tete
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Beira 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 Tete
Tete
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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 Beira 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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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 Tete (Roman rite)- Bishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (12 April 2011 — present)
- Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. (31 May 1976 — 18 April 2009)
- Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M.LazaristsCongregation of the Mission is a vowed order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St. Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron...
(19 February 1972 – 31 May 1976) - Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro (20 December 1962 – 19 February 1972)