| Intro | Angolan Roman Catholic priest and university teacher | ||
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Priest Professor Educator |
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| From | Angola | ||
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Academia Religion |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth |
7 January 1965, Saurimo, Angola |
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| Age | 56 years | ||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||
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José Manuel Imbamba (born January 7, 1965 in Boma, Moxico Province, Angola) is an Angolan priest and the archbishop of Saurímo since 12 April 2011.
Biography
Ordained as a priest in 1991, he graduated from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome in 1999.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the bishop of Dundo in 2008. He was consecrated by Bishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias on the following 14 December. On 12 April 2011 he was appointed as the first archbishop of Saurímo.
From September 22 to 27, 2015, he was in Philadelphia, at the World Meeting of Families with Pope Francis.