Diocese of Tete, Mozambique 🇲🇿

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Tete / Tetien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Beira

Neighbouring Dioceses: Harare (↙), Chinhoyi (←), Lusaka (←), Lilongwe (↑), Chipata (↑), Dedza (↗), Blantyre (→), Chikwawa (→), Caia (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint James Major

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 6 (1991)

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1962.05.06: Established as Diocese of Tete / Tetien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Beira and became suffragan of Lourenço Marques)
1984.06.04: Became suffragan of Beira
2025.12.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.03.22 – ...):

Bishop Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tete (Roman Rite)

Bishop Diamantino Guapo Antunes, I.M.C. (59)
(2019.03.22 – ...)

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique)

Born:	1966.11.30 (Albergaria dos Doze, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1994.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.05.12

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (2019.03.22 – ...)

Fr. Sandro Faedi, I.M.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.04.11 – 2019.03.22)

Bishop Inácio Saure, I.M.C. (66) (later Archbishop)
(2011.04.12 – 2017.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique)
President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique

Born:	1960.03.02 (Balama, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.05.22

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (2011.04.12 – 2017.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nampula (Mozambique) (2017.04.11 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2018.11.11 – 2021.11.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2021.11.12 – ...)

Fr. Giacomo Palagi, M.C.C.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.06 – 2011.04.12)

Bishop Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S.
(1976.05.31 – 2009.04.18)

Born:	1934.02.04 (Macupalane-Manjacaze, Mozambique)
Ordained Priest:	1968.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.26
Died:	2019.08.21 (Maputo, Mozambique † 85)

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (1976.05.31 – 2009.04.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (1986 – 1993)

Bishop Augusto César Alves Ferreira da Silva, C.M. (94)
(1972.02.19 – 1976.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Caritas urget

Born:	1932.03.15 (Fervença-Celorico de Basto, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.05.21

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (1972.02.19 – 1976.05.31)

Bishop of Portalegre–Castelo Branco (Portugal) (1978.09.25 – 2004.04.22)

Bishop Félix Niza Ribeiro
(1962.12.20 – 1972.02.19)

Born:	1916.09.29 (Proença a Velha, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.24
Died:	1989.01.19 (Porto Salvo, Mozambique † 72)

Bishop of Tete (Mozambique) (1962.12.20 – 1972.02.19)

Bishop of João Belo (Mozambique) (1972.02.19 – 1976.05.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de São Tiago Maior, Tete, Tete

Harare (↙), Chinhoyi (←), Lusaka (←), Lilongwe (↑), Chipata (↑), Dedza (↗), Blantyre (→), Chikwawa (→), Caia (↘)

Statistics (2025)

Area: 94,367 km²

Population: 321,665 Catholics (17.3% of 1,858,539 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (19 diocesan, 47 religious), 70 religious (10 brothers, 60 sisters), 40 seminarians