The Catholic University of Angola (Universidade Católica de Angola, UCAN) is a catholic institution and located in Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

's capital of Luanda

Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

. On 7 August 1992, the government of Angola allowed the Angolan Catholic Church to establish its own university. Through approval by the Episcopal Conference

Episcopal Conference

In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory...

 it started teaching on 22 February 1999. It is a private institution and one of seven recognized universities. Damião António Franklin

Damião António Franklin

Damião António Franklin is an Angolan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Luanda.-Biography:...

, archbishop of Luanda is the president of the UCAN.
It currently has about 1,000 enrolled students.