Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo

Archdiocese of Huambo

Archidioecesis Huambensis
Location
CountryAngola
Statistics
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2019)
  • 2,019,555
  • 1,137,010 (56.3%)
Parishes49
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established4 September 1940
(As Diocese of Nova Lisboa)
3 February 1977
(As Archdiocese of Huambo)
CathedralMarian Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady
Secular priests88 (2019)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
ArchbishopZeferino Zeca Martins, S.V.D.
Bishops emeritusJosé 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.