The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saurímo (Latin: Archidioecesis Saurimoënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Saurímo in Angola. Prior to its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011 it belonged to the Ecclesiastical province of Luanda. It has oversight of two suffragan dioceses, which until then had been part of other Angolan Provinces, are the Diocese of Lwena and the Diocese of Dundo.
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The new Archdiocese, according to undated statistics released by the Vatican website because of the appointment, has a total area of 77,600 km², a total population of 420,000, a Catholic population of 61,700, 11 priests, and 28 religious.
The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Cathedral Church of the Assumption of Our Lady) in Saurímo.
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