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Diocese of Quelimane

Dioecesis Quelimanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Pietro Tosato, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 October 1954
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Beira
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Square Kilometers: 62,557 (24,162 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: C.P. 292, Quelimane, Mocambique
  • Telephone: 24.21.26.03
  • Fax: 24.21.33.99

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 October 1954ErectedDiocese of Beira (Zambesia) Diocese of Quelimane (erected)
4 June 1984Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Quelimane (from Maputa)
6 December 1993Territory LostDiocese of Quelimane (Guruè, Namarrói, Ile, Alto Molócuè, Gilè, and Pebane and part Milange called Molumbo) Diocese of Gurué (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1970131,3841,585,6348.3%979881,4931001486ap1971
1980181,0102,100,1268.6%68682,661836531ap1981
1990280,7832,705,00010.4%258604,679714636ap1991
1999543,0002,224,00024.4%10273714,675518020ap2000
2000563,5702,275,00024.8%11294014,089536522ap2001
2001532,961700,50376.1%17335010,659626022ap2002
2002632,900700,60090.3%1856748,552867822ap2003
2003700,032800,01087.5%18385612,500768222ap2004
2004714,000816,00087.5%20375712,526739222ap2005
2010806,000922,00087.4%22386013,4339110922ap2011
2014882,0001,010,00087.3%24204420,0455711123ap2015
2017821,6502,219,90037.0%28184617,861559821ap2018
2020869,0002,349,60037.0%33185117,039549624ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 128, to Page 130
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 835, and Page 836

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