Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde

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Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde

Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi Capitis Viridis
Location
CountryCape Verde
MetropolitanImmediately subject to the Holy See
Coordinates14°55′02″N 23°30′31″W / 14.9173°N 23.5086°W / 14.9173; -23.5086Coordinates: 14°55′02″N 23°30′31″W / 14.9173°N 23.5086°W / 14.9173; -23.5086
Statistics
Area1,793 km2 (692 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
318,317
292,488 (91.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralPró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Graça, Praia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopArlindo Gomes Furtado
Website
diocesesantiago.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi Capitis Viridis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Cape Verde. It covers the islands of Maio, Santiago, Fogo, and Brava (the Sotavento Islands). Its seat is the Pró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Graça in Praia, Santiago.[1]

History[]

The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde was created on January 31, 1533 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Funchal (Azores, Portugal) by Pope Clement VII. Its seat was Ribeira Grande, on Santiago.[2] Bishop started construction of a cathedral in Ribeira Grande in 1556. Ribeira Grande went into decline in the 18th century, and the seat was moved to Ribeira Brava on São Nicolau in 1786, where it stayed until 1943. A seminary and an episcopal palace were built there.[3]

Until September 4, 1940 the diocese covered not only the Cape Verde islands, but also Portuguese Guinea on the African mainland. Portuguese Guinea became a Mission sui iuris, the later Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau. Since November 2003 the (northern) Barlavento Islands form the separate Roman Catholic Diocese of Mindelo, and the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde only covers the (southern) Sotavento Islands.[4]

Bishops[]

The bishops of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde:[4][2]

  1. , OFM (31 January 1533 – 9 February 1538)
  2. João Parvi (23 September 1538 – 29 November 1546)
  3. Sede vacante (29 November 1546 – 18 August 1553)
  4. , OSA (18 August 1553 – 19 January 1571)
  5. (6 February 1572 – 9 February 1587)
  6. , OCarm (8 August 1588 – 14 July 1608)
  7. (10 November 1608 – May 1610)
  8. , OP (18 April 1611 – 17 March 1614)
  9. Manuel Afonso de Guerra (24 February 1616 – 8 March 1624)
  10. (18 August 1625 – 1 November 1646)
  11. Sede vacante (1 November 1646 – 16 May 1672)
  12. , OCarm (16 May 1672 – 8 February 1674)
  13. , OFM (2 December 1675 – 12 September 1684)
  14. , OFM (12 May 1687 – 21 January 1705)
  15. , TOR (24 September 1708 – 8 May 1719)
  16. , OFM (21 February 1721 – 7 June 1736)
  17. , OFM (3 September 1738 – 21 July 1741)
  18. , OFM (26 November 1742 – 13 August 1747)
  19. Sede vacante (13 August 1747 – 29 January 1753)
  20. , O. do Cristo (29 January 1753 – 19 January 1774)
  21. Sede vacante (19 January 1775 – 1 March 1779)
  22. , OFM (1 March 1779 – 10 August 1783)
  23. , OFM (1785.02.14 – 1798.04.29)
  24. Sede vacante (29 April 1798 – 24 May 1802)
  25. , OFM (24 May 1802 – 22 November 1813)
  26. Sede vacante (22 November 1813 – 21 January 1820)
  27. , OFM (21 January 1820 – 27 December 1831)
  28. Sede vacante (27 December 1831 – 31 May 1845)
  29. , OSA (31 May 1845 – 15 April 1859), appointed Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
  30. João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, OFM Ref. (8 June 1859 – 22 March 1861), appointed Archbishop of Goa, India
  31. Sede vacante (22 March 1861 – 25 September 1865)
  32. , O.SS.T. (25 September 1865 – 26 June 1871), appointed Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
  33. José Dias Correia de Carvalho (26 June 1871 – 9 August 1883), appointed Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
  34. (27 March 1884 – 1 March 1904)
  35. (14 November 1904 – 4 March 1909)
  36. (10 March 1910 – 15 November 1935)
  37. , OFM (15 November 1935 – 5 May 1940)
  38. , CSSp (28 January 1941 – 27 July 1955)
  39. (28 March 1956 – 21 April 1975)
  40. Paulino do Livramento Évora, CSSp (21 April 1975 – 22 July 2009)
  41. Arlindo Gomes Furtado (22 July 2009 – ), elevated to Cardinal in 2015

See also[]

Sources[]

  • Catholic Hierarchy[self-published source]
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "São Thiago de Cabo Verde" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

References[]

  1. ^ Dados gerais, Diocese de Santiago de Cabo Verde
  2. ^ a b História, Diocese de Santiago de Cabo Verde
  3. ^ Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de Ribeira Brava de São Nicolau, Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 28-29
  4. ^ a b Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde, GCatholic.org
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