The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kwito-Bié (Latin: Dioecesis Kvitobiensis) is a diocese located in Bié Province in the ecclesiastical province of Huambo in Angola. The cathedral is located in the city of Cuito.

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Diocese of Kwito-Bié Dioecesis Kvitobiensis Diocese do Kwito-Bié
Location
Country	Angola
Metropolitan	Huambo
Statistics
Area	71,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)[1]
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2015) 1,910,000 900,000 (47%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	September 4, 1940; 83 years ago (1940-09-04)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop-elect	Vicente Sanombo

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The diocese was established on 4 September 1940 as the Diocese of Silva Porto on territory separated from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda. Initially, the diocese was a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda. The diocese lost territory on 25 November 1957 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malanje and on 1 July 1963 to establish the Diocese of Luso.

On 3 February 1977, the diocese changed suffragans to the Archdiocese of Huambo. On 16 May 1979, it was renamed as the Diocese of Kwito-Bié.

The Cathedral of the diocese is Sé Catedral de São Lourenço in Cuito, Bié Province.

• Roman Catholicism in Angola