Chipata diocese
| Chipata diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Zambia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lusaka |
| Diocesan bishop | George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 69,106 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,954,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 430,800 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 22% |
| Diocesan priest | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,385 |
| Friars | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 153 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Anne |
| Website | http://www.dioceseofchipata.org/ |
The Diocese of Chipata ( Latin Dioecesis Chipatensis , English Diocese of Chipata ) is in Zambia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Chipata . It includes the Zambian Eastern Province .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Fort Jameson with the Bull Quo in Rhodesiae on July 1, 1937 from assignments of the Apostolic Vicariates Nyassa and Mpika . With the Apostolic Constitution Qui ad supremum she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate on May 7, 1953 .
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum christiana fides on April 25, 1959 it was raised to the rank of diocese, which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Lusaka as a suffragan . It took its current name on April 15, 1968. The Bishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe founded the diocesan in 1980 seminary that Maria is dedicated.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Fort Jameson
- Fernand Martin MAfr (December 17, 1937-1946)
- Firmin Courtemanche MAfr (March 7, 1947 - May 7, 1953)
Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson
- Firmin Courtemanche MAfr (May 7, 1953 - April 25, 1959)
Bishop of Fort Jameson
- Firmin Courtemanche MAfr (April 25, 1959 - April 15, 1968)
Bishops of Chipata
- Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. (April 15, 1968 - November 11, 1970)
- Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (November 11, 1970 - November 30, 1996, then Archbishop of Lusaka )
- George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (since December 23, 2002)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 31,586 | 225,560 | 14.0 | 28 | 3 | 25th | 1,128 | 10 | |||
| 1970 | 88,922 | 509,000 | 17.5 | 49 | 9 | 40 | 1,814 | 51 | 42 | ||
| 1980 | 120,886 | 609,000 | 19.8 | 53 | 9 | 44 | 2,280 | 54 | 50 | 17th | |
| 1990 | 176.353 | 669.686 | 26.3 | 51 | 13 | 38 | 3,457 | 48 | 109 | 19th | |
| 1999 | 253,900 | 1,273,752 | 19.9 | 58 | 25th | 33 | 4,377 | 44 | 134 | 21st | |
| 2000 | 263,874 | 1,273,752 | 20.7 | 49 | 27 | 22nd | 5,385 | 33 | 135 | 21st | |
| 2001 | 274.007 | 1,480,967 | 18.5 | 46 | 25th | 21st | 5,956 | 38 | 141 | 21st | |
| 2002 | 281.265 | 1,300,773 | 21.6 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 5,984 | 35 | 134 | 22nd | |
| 2003 | 285.760 | 1,300,973 | 22.0 | 44 | 23 | 21st | 6,494 | 32 | 142 | 22nd | |
| 2004 | 285.760 | 1,300,973 | 22.0 | 47 | 25th | 22nd | 6,080 | 38 | 145 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 315.130 | 1,381,000 | 22.8 | 51 | 29 | 22nd | 6,179 | 35 | 149 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 319,000 | 1,397,000 | 22.8 | 55 | 33 | 22nd | 5,800 | 6th | 37 | 156 | 23 |