The project of a Catholic University in Angola began to take shape within the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome (CEAST), in years gone 90. The dynamics of the project was entrusted to the then President of CEAST, Archbishop Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento. The use of the experience of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), in the person of Lord Dom António Cardinal Ribeiro, Chancellor of the CPU, and a special way of Dom Jose Policarpo (of happy memory), and even the then Rector of the UCP, Prof. Doctor Manuel Isidro de Araujo Alves was instrumental in driving the first steps of UCAN project, here highlight the dynamism and selflessness of Mons. Canon José Alves Cachadinha and support the Kennedy Foundation.