Pemba (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, Bishop
Januário Machaze Nhangumbe, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 17 September 1976
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nampula
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Mozambique
Square Kilometers: 82,625 (31,913 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Paco Episcopal, C.P. 12, Rua 018 124, 80100 Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mocambique
Telephone: 272.20.381
Fax: (same)

Historical Details

Diocese of Porto Amélia
- Latin Name: Portus Ameliae
- Erected: 5 April 1957
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lourenço Marques
- Country: Mozambique

Past and Present Ordinaries

José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. † (5 Apr 1957 Appointed - 15 Jan 1975 Resigned)
Januário Machaze Nhangumbe (15 Jan 1975 Appointed - 8 Nov 1993 Resigned)
Tomé Makhweliha, S.C.I. (24 Oct 1997 Appointed - 16 Nov 2000 Appointed, Archbishop of Nampula)
Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap. (5 Dec 2000 Appointed - 22 Feb 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Maputo)
Ernesto Maguengue (24 Jun 2004 Appointed - 27 Oct 2012 Resigned)
Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (12 Jun 2013 Appointed - 11 Feb 2021 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo)
António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo (8 Mar 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Porto Amélia
5 April 1957	Erected	Diocese of Nampula (Cabo Delgado)	Diocese of Porto Amélia (erected)
Diocese of Pemba
17 September 1976	Name Changed	Diocese of Porto Amélia	Diocese of Pemba
4 June 1984	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Pemba (from Maputa)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Porto Amélia

1970 100,697 632,158 15.9% 5 41 46 2,189 49 69 7 ap1971

Diocese of Pemba

1980 208,000 1,461,000 14.2% 4 12 16 13,000 16 31 13 ap1981

1990 308,705 1,876,000 16.5% 5 6 11 28,064 9 32 25 ap1991

1997 371,578 2,000,000 18.6% 13 7 20 18,578 10 33 15 ap2000

2000 374,873 1,400,000 26.8% 13 5 18 20,826 7 29 13 ap2001

2001 380,000 1,400,000 27.1% 13 5 18 21,111 7 40 14 ap2002

2002 382,676 2,000,000 19.1% 13 6 19 20,140 8 47 14 ap2003

2003 406,000 2,120,000 19.2% 13 7 20 20,300 10 47 15 ap2004

2004 400,000 1,400,000 28.6% 12 7 19 21,052 9 68 14 ap2005

2013 621,000 1,968,000 31.6% 19 6 25 24,840 17 71 21 ap2014

2016 670,000 2,121,000 31.6% 16 9 25 26,800 18 67 24 ap2017

2019 695,289 2,333,278 29.8% 19 24 43 16,169 37 73 22 ap2020

2021 729,300 2,412,780 30.2% 19 22 41 17,787 37 76 22 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Porto Amélia
1970	100,697	632,158	15.9%	5	41	46	2,189	49	69	7	ap1971
Diocese of Pemba
1980	208,000	1,461,000	14.2%	4	12	16	13,000	16	31	13	ap1981
1990	308,705	1,876,000	16.5%	5	6	11	28,064	9	32	25	ap1991
1997	371,578	2,000,000	18.6%	13	7	20	18,578	10	33	15	ap2000
2000	374,873	1,400,000	26.8%	13	5	18	20,826	7	29	13	ap2001
2001	380,000	1,400,000	27.1%	13	5	18	21,111	7	40	14	ap2002
2002	382,676	2,000,000	19.1%	13	6	19	20,140	8	47	14	ap2003
2003	406,000	2,120,000	19.2%	13	7	20	20,300	10	47	15	ap2004
2004	400,000	1,400,000	28.6%	12	7	19	21,052	9	68	14	ap2005
2013	621,000	1,968,000	31.6%	19	6	25	24,840	17	71	21	ap2014
2016	670,000	2,121,000	31.6%	16	9	25	26,800	18	67	24	ap2017
2019	695,289	2,333,278	29.8%	19	24	43	16,169	37	73	22	ap2020
2021	729,300	2,412,780	30.2%	19	22	41	17,787	37	76	22	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

José dos Santos Garcia, S.M.P. † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1957 to 15 Jan 1975)
Manuel da Silva Vieira Pinto † (Apostolic Administrator: 12 Dec 1992 to 18 Jan 1998)

Source(s)

Diocese of Porto Amélia
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 813, to Page 815
Diocese of Pemba
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 629
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 835, and Page 836

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