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Emílio Sumbelelo
Emílio Sumbelelo (born 5 March 1964) is an Angolan prelate with the Catholic Church who is currently the bishop of Viana. Biography Sumbelelo was born on 5 March 1964 in the town of Cubal, in Benguela province, being baptised on 11 April that same year at Missão da Hanha, belonging to the Diocese of Benguela. He did his primary studies in Catumbela from 1970 to 1975, his secondary studies from 1976 to 1981 in Lobito, and from 1982 to 1984, he attended the Seminário do Propedêutico in Benguela. From 1984 to 1986, he took courses in philosophy at the Seminário Interdiocesano de Cristo Rei in Huambo; from 1986 to 1990 he concluded classes in general theology at the same seminary. On 4 August 1991, he was ordained a priest at the Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Graças in Benguela by Dom Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga, the bishop of Benguela.Catholic Hierarchy On 1 September 1993, Sumbelelo was released from his functions as the parochial priest at the Nossa Senhora das Gra ...
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