Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé

Assembly of Catholic bishops in southwest Africa

Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé
Portuguese: *Conferência Episcopal de Angola e São Tomé*
Location	Luanda, Angola (headquarters)
Type	Religious conference

The Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (Conferência Episcopal de Angola e São Tomé or CEAST) is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Principe. It has its headquarters in Luanda. In its pastoral letters, CEAST calls repeatedly for dialogue and social justice.

Leadership

The organization has been headed by:^[1]

Manuel Nuñes Gabriel, Archbishop of Luanda (1967-1975)
Eduardo André Muaca, Archbishop of Luanda (1975-1982)
Manuel Franklin da Costa, Archbishop of Lubango (1982-1990)
Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, Archbishop of Luanda (1990-1997)
Zacarias Kamwenho, Archbishop of Lubango (1997-2003)
Damião António Franklin, Archbishop of Luanda (2003-2009)
Gabriel Mbilingi, CSSp, Archbishop of Lubango (2009–2015)
Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, Archbishop of Luanda (2015–2021)
José Manuel Imbamba, Archbishop of Saurimo (2021–present)

References

^ "Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé". GCatholic. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

Additional sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20110125161527/http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/18/0/bispos_reunidos_em_luanda
https://web.archive.org/web/20090301172844/http://www.ceastangola.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100807231553/http://www.publico.pt/Mundo/bispos-preocupados-com-excesso-de-trabalhadores-chineses-em-angola_1449861
https://archive.today/20130210092440/http://www.abtei-muensterschwarzach.de/dcms/sites/nad/laender/angola/kirche/geschichte.html