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Diocese of Pemba

Dioecesis Pembana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 17 September 1976
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nampula
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Square Kilometers: 82,625 (31,913 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Paco Episcopal, C.P. 12, Rua 018 124, 80100 Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mocambique
  • Telephone: 272.20.381
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Porto Amélia
5 April 1957ErectedDiocese of Nampula (Cabo Delgado) Diocese of Porto Amélia (erected)
Diocese of Pemba
17 September 1976Name ChangedDiocese of Porto Amélia Diocese of Pemba
4 June 1984Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Pemba (from Maputa)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Porto Amélia
1970100,697632,15815.9%541462,18949697ap1971
Diocese of Pemba
1980208,0001,461,00014.2%4121613,000163113ap1981
1990308,7051,876,00016.5%561128,06493225ap1991
1997371,5782,000,00018.6%1372018,578103315ap2000
2000374,8731,400,00026.8%1351820,82672913ap2001
2001380,0001,400,00027.1%1351821,11174014ap2002
2002382,6762,000,00019.1%1361920,14084714ap2003
2003406,0002,120,00019.2%1372020,300104715ap2004
2004400,0001,400,00028.6%1271921,05296814ap2005
2013621,0001,968,00031.6%1962524,840177121ap2014
2016670,0002,121,00031.6%1692526,800186724ap2017
2019695,2892,333,27829.8%19244316,169377322ap2020
2021729,3002,412,78030.2%19224117,787377622ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Porto Amélia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 813, to Page 815
  • Diocese of Pemba
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 629
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 835, and Page 836

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