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Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe

Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Insula



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 November 1534
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Square Kilometers: 1,000 (386 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesestp.com/
  • Mailing Address: Centro Diocesano, C.P. 104, Rua P. Martinho Pinto da Rocha 1, Sao Tome, Sao Tome e Principe
  • Telephone: 2223.455; 9929.585

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 November 1534ErectedDiocese of Funchal Diocese of Angra (erected)
Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe (erected)
20 May 1596Territory LostDiocese of São Tomé e Príncipe Diocese of Angola e Congo (erected)
21 January 1612Territory LostDiocese of São Tomé e Príncipe Apostolic Administration of Mozambico (erected)
1741Territory LostDiocese of São Tomé e Príncipe Vicariate Apostolic of Ava e Pegù (erected)
22 January 1842Territory LostDiocese of Funchal
Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe
Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} (erected)
3 February 1977Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of São Tomé e Príncipe (from Luanda)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195036,14960,54059.7%1894,016810ap1951
196959,57263,48593.8%15153,97117166ap1971
197870,00083,00084.3%16710,00071512ap1981
198896,500104,50092.3%8812,062152112ap1991
1999104,753127,50082.2%101010,475143612ap2000
2000107,147129,27282.9%29119,740183912ap2001
2001109,300131,42583.2%210129,108194012ap2002
2002117,889133,42588.4%8814,736153812ap2003
2003118,800135,00088.0%281011,880153812ap2004
2004121,931138,00088.4%27913,547153612ap2005
2008115,000160,00071.9%77148,214143412ap2011
2014127,600194,00065.8%381111,600113614ap2015
2017115,000201,00057.2%58138,84693114ap2018
2020110,000205,00053.7%76138,461112814ap2021
2022115,000219,08552.5%87157,666123214ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 378
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 405
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 472
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 222, and Page 223

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