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Diocese of Gurué

Dioecesis Guruensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Inácio Lucas Mwita, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 December 1993
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nampula
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mozambique
  • Square Kilometers: 42,451 (16,396 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesegurue.com/
  • Mailing Address: Bispado, Bairro Moneia, C.P. 116, Gurue, Zambezia, Mocambique
  • Telephone: 24.91.05.60

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 December 1993ErectedDiocese of Quelimane (Guruè, Namarrói, Ile, Alto Molócuè, Gilè, and Pebane and part Milange called Molumbo) Diocese of Gurué (erected)
2017Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Gurué (from Beira to Nampula)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999192,5001,150,00016.7%924335,833313013ap2000
2000212,0001,175,00018.0%1323365,888312213ap2001
2001227,0001,175,00019.3%1722395,820292413ap2002
2002259,5001,200,00021.6%2317406,487302213ap2003
2003234,6001,400,00016.8%2436603,9103411315ap2004
2004239,0001,428,00016.7%269356,828112114ap2005
2006247,0001,482,00016.7%1918376,675242215ap2007
2013642,6511,732,00037.1%27164314,945263519ap2014
2016725,8632,156,57833.7%31164715,443264620ap2017
2019948,1422,185,38043.4%30184819,752204725ap2020
20211,003,5432,192,80745.8%29194820,907215825ap2022

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 86, Page 469, and Page 470

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