Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saurímo

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Angola

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Archdiocese of Saurímo Archidioecesis Saurimoensis Arquidiocese de Saurimo

Location
Country	Angola
Statistics
Area	77,600 km² (30,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 456,000 63,815 (14.0%)
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	12 April 2011
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Saurimo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saurimo (Latin: Archidioecesis Saurimoënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Saurimo in Angola. Prior to its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011 it belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Luanda. It has oversight of two suffragan dioceses, which until then had been part of other Angolan Provinces, are the Diocese of Lwena and the Diocese of Dundo.

History

10 August 1975: Established as Diocese of Henrique de Carvalho
16 May 1979: Renamed as Diocese of Saurimo
12 April 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese

Statistics

The new Archdiocese, according to undated statistics released by the Vatican website because of the appointment, has a total area of 77,600 km², a total population of 420,000, a Catholic population of 61,700, 11 priests, and 28 religious.

Special churches

The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Our Lady) in Saurímo.

Leadership

Bishops of Henrique de Carvalho

Manuel Franklin da Costa (10 August 1975 – 3 February 1977), appointed Archbishop of Huambo
Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (3 February 1977 – 16 May 1979)

Bishops of Saurimo

Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (16 May 1979 – 15 January 1997)
Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. (15 January 1997 – 18 February 2008), appointed Bishop of Benguela
- after serving as bishop coadjutor from 1995 to 1997

Archbishops of Saurimo