Diocese of Gokwe
Diocese of Gokwe | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Zimbabwe |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Harare |
Diocesan bishop | Rudolf Nyandoro |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Angel Floro Martínez IEME |
founding | 1991 |
surface | 26,000 km² |
Parishes | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 609,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 76,991 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 12.6% |
Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,750 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 6 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 36 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
The Bistum Gokwe ( lat. : Dioecesis Gokvensis ) is in Zimbabwe preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Gokwe .
history
The diocese of Gokwe was established on June 17, 1991 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Fidelium communitas from cessions of territory from the diocese of Hwange and subordinated to the archdiocese of Harare as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Gokwe
- Michael Dixon Bhasera , 1991–1999, then Bishop of Masvingo
- Angel Floro Martínez IEME , 1999–2017
- Rudolf Nyandoro , since 2017
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Fidelium communitas , AAS 83 (1991), n.11, p. 915.