The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ndalatando (Latin: Dioecesis Ndalatandensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ndalatando in the ecclesiastical province of Malanje in Angola.
Dioecesis Ndalatandensis | |
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 Cathedral of São João Baptista | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 19,357 km2 (7,474 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | 516,500 249,550 (48.3%) |
| Parishes | 13 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman |
| Established | March 26, 1990 |
| Archdiocese | Malanje |
| Cathedral | Sé Catedral de São João Baptista |
| Secular priests | 18 |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Almeida Kanda |
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History
edit- 3 March 1990: Established as Diocese of Ndalatando from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luanda
Special churches
editThe Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São João Baptista in N'Dalatando.
Leadership
edit- Bishops of Ndalatando (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Almeida Kanda (since 23 July 2005)
- Bishop Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, O.F.M. Cap. (26 March 1990 – 23 July 2005)
See also
editSources
edit- GCatholic.org
- "Diocese of Ndalatando". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.[self-published source]
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