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Diocese of Ondjiva

Dioecesis Ondiivana



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Bishop(s)

  • Pio Hipunyati, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 16 May 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lubango
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Angola
  • Square Kilometers: 83,900 (32,406 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bispado, Bairro Pioneiro Zeca, C.P. 20, Ondjiva-Kunene, Angola
  • Telephone: 923.432.959; 923.429.532

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Pereira de Eça
10 August 1975ErectedDiocese of Sá da Bandeira (Cunene) Diocese of Pereira de Eça (erected)
3 February 1977Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Pereira de Eça (from Luanda)
Diocese of Ondjiva
16 May 1979Name ChangedDiocese of Pereira de Eça Diocese of Ondjiva

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Ondjiva
198037,800164,00023.0%7184,7251188ap1981
1990165,000215,00076.7%21355,0001109ap1991
1999496,015673,00073.7%731049,6014336ap2000
2000552,027790,45869.8%741150,1845384ap2001
2001500,334790,45863.3%551050,0336334ap2002
2002519,893790,55865.8%54957,7655324ap2003
2003534,823805,55866.4%72959,42433514ap2004
2004541,668812,38166.7%1241633,85453814ap2005
2013602,098962,00062.6%2532821,50355514ap2014
2016691,866990,08769.9%3353818,20786616ap2017
2019758,4801,085,38069.9%3754218,05998616ap2020
2021806,7601,154,41069.9%3363920,686119717ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Pereira de Eça
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 563, and Page 564
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 138, and Page 139
  • Diocese of Ondjiva
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 953

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