Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

New Lisbon, Diocese of

NUOVA LISBONA, DIOCESI DI

By do Nascimento Alexandre

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NEW LISBON, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese in Angola, a Portuguese possession in West Africa.

Over an area of 290,360 sq km it has a population of 1,284,668 inhabitants, of whom 394,621 are Catholics. It has 37 parishes, served by 13 diocesan priests and 100 religious, and 3 seminaries.

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Solemnibus conventionibus of Sept. 4, 1940, raising to the dignity of cathedral the parish church of N. L., dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, and making it a suffragan of Loanda.

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BIBL.: AAS, 33 (1941), p. 14; Agencia General das Colonias. A diocese de Nova Lisboa, Lisbon 1946.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 2030–2031.

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Alexandre, do Nascimento. “Nuova Lisbona, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 2030–2031. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nuova-lisbona-diocesi-di.

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Alexandre, do Nascimento. “Nuova Lisbona, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 2030–2031. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nuova-lisbona-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec8_nuova_lisbona_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Alexandre, do Nascimento},
  title     = {Nuova Lisbona, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {2030--2031},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/nuova-lisbona-diocesi-di}
}

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