Emílio Sumbelelo (born 5 March 1964) is an Angolan prelate with the Catholic Church who is currently the bishop of Viana.
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.
[2] On 1 September 1993, Sumbelelo was released from his functions as the parochial priest at the Nossa Senhora das Graças in Benguela and was sent to Rome to study at the College of Canonical Law at the Pontifical Urban University where he earned his Bachelor's Degree.
He returned to the Diocese of Benguela on 15 October 1995 when he was named the parochial priest of the Parish of Santa Cruz do Lobito, a position that he held until 1999.
[2] On 11 February 2019, Pope Francis transferred Sumbelelo to the Diocese of Viana,[4] making his entrance on 28 April of that year.