The Roman Catholic Church in Angola is composed of a Latin hierarchy only, which comprises three ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, and a total of fifteen suffragan dioceses.
Although exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See), the Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe, an Atlantic island country which shares a Portuguese colonial history (and linguistic legacy) with Angola, is part of the transnational Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé, while neither has a national Episcopal Conference.
Neither country has an Eastern Catholic or pre-diocesan jurisdiction.
There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Angola (in national capital Luanda) as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level), into which is also vested the Apostolic Nunciature to São Tomé and Príncipe.
Current Latin sees
editAngola
editEcclesiastical Province of Huambo
edit- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huambo
Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda
edit- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda
Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango
editEcclesiastical Province of Malanje
edit- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malanje
Ecclesiastical Province of Saurimo
edit- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Saurímo
Exempt Latin in São Tomé and Príncipe
editSee also
editDefunct jurisdictions
editExcluding precursors of present sees (usually pre-diocesan).
There are no titular sees.
In Angola, one was suppressed without (direct) successor :