Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

Motto: Livres Sirvamos O Senhor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1934		Born
9 Jul 1961	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
26 Aug 1974	39.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Luanda, Angola
26 Aug 1974	39.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tabla
23 Nov 1974	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tabla
10 Aug 1975	40.9	Appointed	Bishop of Novo Redondo, Angola
3 Mar 1995	60.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
15 Jan 1997	62.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
5 Sep 2009	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Lubango, Angola
29 May 2026	91.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango, Angola

MicroData Summary
Zacarias Kamwenho
Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho
(born 5 Sep 1934, died 29 May 2026)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lubango

Ad Limina - October 2004: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chimbundo, Prefecture Apostolic of Cubango in Angola
Ordained Bishop Nova Lisboa, Diocese of Nova Lisboa
Death Place Luanda, Archdiocese of Luanda

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 51.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Américo Henriques †
Bishop of Nova Lisboa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Manuel Nunes Gabriel †
Archbishop of Luanda
Bishop Eduardo André Muaca †
Bishop of Malanje

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Américo Henriques † (1966)
Bishop of Nova Lisboa
Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Paltus
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Fernando Francisco (1992)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B. † (2008)
Bishop Fernando Francisco (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga † (1975)
Bishop Paulino do Livramento Évora, C.S.Sp. † (1975)
Archbishop Francisco Viti † (1975)
Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo, O.F.M. Cap. † (1990)
Archbishop Benedito Roberto, C.S.Sp. † (1996)
Bishop Mário Lucunde † (2005)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 98675757
WikiData: Q139186

Source(s):

r: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,501
d: CB, 29 May 2026

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