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Diocese of Chimoio

Dioecesis Cimoiana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 November 1990
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Beira
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Square Kilometers: 62,272 (24,052 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bispado, C.P. 461, Chimoio, Mocambique
  • Telephone: 251.23.347
  • Fax: 251.12.2022

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 November 1990ErectedArchdiocese of Beira (Manicana) Diocese of Chimoio (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199051,000700,0007.3%886,37592013ap1991
199964,6681,000,0006.5%411154,311124815ap2000
200067,2831,000,0006.7%310135,175325014ap2001
200169,3391,000,5006.9%315183,852374915ap2002
200271,2131,001,0007.1%618242,967404515ap2003
200372,6481,002,5007.2%416203,632335415ap2004
200474,8291,006,0007.4%418223,401395615ap2005
200678,2491,115,0007.0%320233,402365615ap2007
201390,4621,301,0007.0%424283,2301305815ap2014
201695,5221,964,5364.9%621273,5371275416ap2017
201989,0002,109,0004.2%1028382,34243818ap2020
202191,9402,277,1404.0%1626422,189334819ap2022

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 83, Page 382

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