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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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6 October 1954 | Erected | Diocese of Beira (Zambesia) | Diocese of Quelimane (erected) |
4 June 1984 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Quelimane (from Maputa) | |
6 December 1993 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Quelimane (Guruè, Namarrói, Ile, Alto Molócuè, Gilè, and Pebane and part Milange called Molumbo) | Diocese of Gurué (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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1970 | 131,384 | 1,585,634 | 8.3% | 9 | 79 | 88 | 1,493 | 100 | 148 | 6 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 181,010 | 2,100,126 | 8.6% | 68 | 68 | 2,661 | 83 | 65 | 31 | ap1981 | ||
1990 | 280,783 | 2,705,000 | 10.4% | 2 | 58 | 60 | 4,679 | 71 | 46 | 36 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 543,000 | 2,224,000 | 24.4% | 10 | 27 | 37 | 14,675 | 51 | 80 | 20 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 563,570 | 2,275,000 | 24.8% | 11 | 29 | 40 | 14,089 | 53 | 65 | 22 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 532,961 | 700,503 | 76.1% | 17 | 33 | 50 | 10,659 | 62 | 60 | 22 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 632,900 | 700,600 | 90.3% | 18 | 56 | 74 | 8,552 | 86 | 78 | 22 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 700,032 | 800,010 | 87.5% | 18 | 38 | 56 | 12,500 | 76 | 82 | 22 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 714,000 | 816,000 | 87.5% | 20 | 37 | 57 | 12,526 | 73 | 92 | 22 | ap2005 | |
2010 | 806,000 | 922,000 | 87.4% | 22 | 38 | 60 | 13,433 | 91 | 109 | 22 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 882,000 | 1,010,000 | 87.3% | 24 | 20 | 44 | 20,045 | 57 | 111 | 23 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 821,650 | 2,219,900 | 37.0% | 28 | 18 | 46 | 17,861 | 55 | 98 | 21 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 869,000 | 2,349,600 | 37.0% | 33 | 18 | 51 | 17,039 | 54 | 96 | 24 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 913,000 | 2,469,000 | 37.0% | 40 | 16 | 56 | 16,303 | 52 | 96 | 26 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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