Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare

Archdiocese of Harare Archidioecesis Hararensis
Location
Country	Zimbabwe
Territory	Districts of Mazowe, Bindura, Shamva, Murewa, Rushinga (south of the Mazowe river), Mudzi, Mutoko, Kadoma, Chegutu, Harare, Goromonzi, Seke, Marondera, Charter, Wedza, Buhera
Ecclesiastical province	Harare
Statistics
Area	63,555 km2 (24,539 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 4,936,000 499,810 (10.1%)
Parishes	43
Schools	41
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	January 1, 1955
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Patron saint	Peter Claver
Secular priests	36
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Robert Ndlovu
Vicar General	Kennedy Muguti

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare (Template:Lang-la) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical Province of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

History

• July 2, 1879: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Zambese from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in South Africa
• March 9, 1915: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese
• July 14, 1927: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury
• March 3, 1931: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury
• January 1, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury
• June 25, 1982: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Harare.

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Harare (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (since 2004.06.10)
  • Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1982.06.25 – 2003.04.08)
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1976.05.31 – 1982.06.25)
  • Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J. (1956.11.23 – 1976.05.31)
  • Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. (1955.01.01 – 1956.11.23)
• Vicars Apostolic of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. (1931.03.04 – 1955.01.01)
• Prefects Apostolic of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Robert Brown, S.J. (1927.07.14 – 1929)
• Prefects Apostolic of Zambese (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Robert Brown, S.J. (1922 – 1927.07.14)
  • Fr. Edward Parry, S.J. (1920.01 – 1922.05.)
  • Fr. Richard Sykes, S.J. (1915.03.09 – 1919.12.)
• Superiors of Mission “sui iuris” of Zambese (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Edward Parry, S.J. (1911 – 1915.03.09)
  • Fr. Ignatius Gartlan, S.J. (1904 - 1911)
  • Fr. Richard Sykes, S.J. (1896 – 1904)
  • Fr. Henri Depelchin, S.J. (1879.07.02 - 1883.04)

Suffragan dioceses

• Chinhoyi
• Gokwe
• Mutare

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Zimbabwe
• Mt St Mary's Mission School

External links

• "Archdiocese of Harare". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

Sources

• GCatholic.org