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词条 Diocese of Niassa
释义

  1. List of bishops

  2. Coat of arms

  3. References

  4. External links

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| cathedral = St. Bartholomew, Messumba
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The Diocese of Niassa (pt. Diocese Anglicana do Niassa) it is one of the two Anglican dioceses of Mozambique, both part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. This diocese is the more Northern of the two, the other is Lebombo. It is divided into six archdeaconries: Cobue, Lunho, Lichinga, Milange, Rio Chire and Lurio.

Mark van Koevering, an American of Dutch descent, was the diocesan bishop from 2003 to 2015. The diocese itself was not able to elect a bishop to succeed him and so the synod of bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in September 2016 named Vicente Msosa as the bishop elect, being consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Niassa on 25 February 2017.[1]

The diocese has 426 congregations, over 65,500 worshipers, and 55 priests. It has a link with the Diocese of London in the Church of England.

List of bishops

  • Paulo Zuizane Litumbe 1979-1985
  • Paulino Manhique 1985-2003
  • Mark van Koevering 2003-2015
  • Vicente Msosa 2017-present

Coat of arms

The diocese registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 2001 : Per fess wavy Or and Azure, in chief a dug-out issuant Brunatre, seated therein a fisherman proper, vested about the loins Argent and holding pendant from a handline Sable a fish Argent, in base three barrulets wavy of the last; the shield ensigned of a mitre proper.[2]

References

1. ^Church's youngest bishop installed in Mozambique, Anglican Ink, 1 April 2017
2. ^{{cite book|last=Brownell|first=F. G. |authorlink=Fred Brownell|title=Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of Arms of the Dioceses, Collegiate and Parish Churches, and the Order of Ethiopia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYZxAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Heraldsholme CC|isbn=978-0-620-28606-0|page=65}}

External links

  • Diocese of Niassa
{{Religion in Mozambique}}{{Anglican-southern-africa}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Niassa, Anglican Diocese of}}{{Anglican-diocese-stub}}{{Mozambique-stub}}

3 : Anglicanism in Mozambique|Anglican Church of Southern Africa dioceses|1979 establishments in Mozambique

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