Roman Catholic Diocese of Chinhoyi
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Diocese of Chinhoyi Dioecesis Chinhoyiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Zimbabwe |
Territory | Districts of Makonde, Hurungwe, Kariba (East of Sanyati River), Guruve, Centenary, Mount Darwin, Rushinga (North of Mazowe River) |
Ecclesiastical province | Harare |
Statistics | |
Area | 56,000 km2 (22,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 3,000,540 214,400 (7.1%) |
Parishes | 19 |
Schools | 10 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Patron saint | Kizito Francis Xavier |
Secular priests | 36 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Raymond Mupandasekwa , C.Ss.R. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Robert Ndlovu |
Vicar General | Walter Chenyika |
Bishops emeritus | Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chinhoyi (Template:Lang-la) is a suffragan diocese in the city of Chinhoyi in the ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe.
History
- December 17, 1973: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sinoia from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury
- June 25, 1982: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Chinhoyi
- October 28, 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Chinhoyi
Leadership
- Prefect Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Roman rite)
- Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. (22 Feb 1974 – 28 Oct 1985 see below)
- Bishops of Chinhoyi (Roman rite)
- Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. (see above 28 Oct 1985 – 10 Mar 2004)
- Bishop Dieter Scholz, S.J. (6 Apr 2006 – 17 Feb 2016)
- Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. (2017.13.30 -)
See also
References
Sources
- GCatholic.org
- "Diocese of Chinhoyi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2011.