Kwito-Bié, 30 March, 2024 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Vicente Sanombo the Local Ordinary of the Southern African nation’s Kwito-Bié Diocese.
The appointment of Mons. Sanombo, who has been serving as Vicar General of Angola’s Huambo Archdiocese, to the pastoral care of the people of God in Kwito-Bié Diocese was published by the Holy See Press Office on Thursday, March 28.
Kwito-Bié Diocese has been vacant since October 2022 following the death of Bishop José Nambi, who had served the Diocese from March 1996. He died at the age of 73.
Born in October 1964 in Cangenge, Angola, Mons. Sanombo was ordained a Priest for Huambo Archdiocese in November 1992.
As a Priest, the Bishop-elect has served in various capacities, including Bursar, Rector of Seminaries, and head of the Good Shepherd Pastoral Centre, among other pastoral duties.
