Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Silva Porto [Kuito], Diocese of

SILVA PORTO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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SILVA PORTO [KUITO], Diocese of. - City and diocese in Angola, a Portuguese possession in West Africa.

It has an area of 625,440 sq km with a population of 943,529 inhabitants, of whom 63,536 are Catholics; it has 2 parishes served by 48 diocesan priests (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 380). The diocese was created by Pope Pius XII with the apostolic constitution Solennibus Conventionibus of 4 September 1940, as a suffragan of Loanda, and by elevating to the dignity of cathedral the parish church of S. P., dedicated to the martyr St. Lawrence.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 23 (1941), pp. 14-18.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 592.

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Josi, Enrico. “Silva Porto, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 592. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/silva-porto-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Silva Porto, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 592. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/silva-porto-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Silva Porto, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {592},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/silva-porto-diocesi-di}
}

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