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List of Catholic dioceses in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe

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The Roman Catholic Church in Angola is composed of a Latin hierarchy only, which comprises three ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a Metropolitan Archbishop, and a total of fifteen suffragan dioceses.

Although exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See), the Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe, an Atlantic island country which shares a Portuguese colonial history (and linguistic legacy) with Angola, is part of the transnational Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé, while neither has a national Episcopal Conference.

Neither country has an Eastern Catholic or pre-diocesan jurisdiction.

There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Angola (in national capital Luanda) as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level), into which is also vested the Apostolic Nunciature to São Tomé and Príncipe.

Current Latin sees

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Angola

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Ecclesiastical Province of Huambo

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Ecclesiastical Province of Luanda

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Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango

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Ecclesiastical Province of Malanje

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Ecclesiastical Province of Saurimo

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Exempt Latin in São Tomé and Príncipe

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See also

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Defunct jurisdictions

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Excluding precursors of present sees (usually pre-diocesan).

There are no titular sees.

In Angola, one was suppressed without (direct) successor :

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