Archdiocese of Luanda

ARCHDIOCESE OF LUANDA (Archidioecesis Luandensis)

Country : Angola
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1596 as Diocese of Angola e Congo
Renamed and elevated to Archdiocese of Luanda in 1940

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Arms of Bishops

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  Miguel Rangel (1596-1602)

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  António de Santo Estevão (1604-1608)

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  Manuel Batista (1609-1620)

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  Simon Mascarenhas (1621-1624)

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  Francisco de Soveral (1627-1642)

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  Manuel da Natividade (1675-1685)

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  João Franco de Oliveira (1687-1692)

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  Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro (1738-1745)

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  Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira (1745-1770)

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  Alexandre da Sagrada Família (1784-1787)

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  Luiz de Brito Homem (1791-1802)

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  Joaquim Maria Mascarenhas Castello Branco (1802-1807)

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  João Damasceno Da Silva Póvoas (1814-1826)

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  Gioacchino Moreira Reis (1849-?)

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  Giuseppe Lino de Oliveira (1863-?)

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  Tommaso Gomes de Almeida (1871-1879)

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  José Sebastião Neto (1879-1883)

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  Antonio Tommaso da Silva Leitao e Castro (1884-1891)

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  Antonio Dias Ferreira (1891-1906)

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  António Barbosa Leão (1906-1907)

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  João Evangelista de Lima Vidal (1909-1915)

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  Moisés Alves de Pinho (1932-1940)

Arms of Archbishops

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  Moisés Alves de Pinho (1940-1966)

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  Manuel Nunes Gabriel (1966-1975)

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  Eduardo André Muaca (1975-1985)

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  Alexandre do Nascimento (1986-2001)

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  Damião António Franklin (2001-2014)

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  Filomeno Vieira Dias (2014-present)

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