Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola
ecclesiastical province of the world-wide Anglican Communion
The Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola (Portuguese: Igreja Anglicana de Moçambique e Angola, IAMA) is the 42nd ecclesiastical province of the world-wide Anglican Communion. Established in 2021, is the newest province to have been erected. Previously the dioceses which constitute this new province were parts of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The new province adopted its constitution and canons at a special synod, and was formally inaugurated on 24 September 2021, in an online teleconference including Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council.
According to the US National Statistics Institute, in 2020, an estimated 2 percent of the population of Mozambique, or 615,600 people, are Anglican. According to the Diocese of Angola, there were 115,000 Anglicans in Angola in 2019. In 2023, the province elected Filomena Tete Estevão as its first female bishop.
Presiding bishops
At the province's inauguration, Carlos Matsinhe became acting presiding bishop and André Soares the acting dean of the province. In 2024, Bishop Vicente Msosa of Zambezia was elected the first presiding bishop of the province.
Dioceses in Mozambique
Diocese of Lebombo
The oldest diocese in the province, Lebombo diocese dates to 1893.
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