Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo
Archdiocese of Huambo Archidioecesis Huambensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Angola |
| Statistics | |
Population
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| Parishes | 49 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 4 September 1940 (As Diocese of Nova Lisboa) 3 February 1977 (As Archdiocese of Huambo) |
| Cathedral | Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady |
| Secular priests | 88 (2019) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Zeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D. |
| Bishops emeritus | José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R. |
The Archdiocese of Huambo (Latin: Archidioecesis Huambensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Angola.
The cathedral see of the archbishop is the Marian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), in Huambo.
By 2019, the archdiocese had approximately 1.1 million Roman Catholics and 88 diocesan priests.