The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benguela (Latin: Dioecesis Benguelensis) is a diocese located in the city of Benguela in the ecclesiastical province of Huambo in Angola. The current bishop of the diocese is António Francisco Jaca.

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The diocese was established on 6 June 1970 as Diocese of Benguela from the Diocese of Nova Lisboa (now the Archdiocese of Huambo). It was initially a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lwanda but became a suffragan of Huambo on 3 February 1977.

It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II on 9 June 1992^[1]

The diocese covers the entirety of Benguela Province. It has an area of 39,823 km² and is divided into 68 parishes .

The Cathedral of the diocese is Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral (Portuguese: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Fátima) in Benguela.

• Roman Catholicism in Angola