Diocese of Gweru

The Bistum Gweru ( lat. : Dioecesis Gueruensis ) is in Zimbabwe preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Gweru . It includes the districts of Gweru, Chirumhanzu , Kwekwe , Mberengwa , Shurugwi and Zvishavane in the Midlands Province .

history

Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Fort Victoria on November 14, 1946 . The mission was entrusted to the religious order Bethlehem Mission Immensee . With the bull In Arcis Victoriae she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate on June 24, 1950 .

It was raised on January 1, 1955 with the Apostolic Constitution Quod Christ to the diocese, which took the name Gwelo, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Salisbury as a suffragan diocese. On June 25, 1982, it took on its current name. On June 10, 1994 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo .

It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya (June 25, 1982– January 14, 1987)
Francis Xavier Mugadzi (October 25, 1988– February 6, 2004)
Martin Munyanyi (May 11, 2006– April 28, 2012)
Xavier Munyongani (June 15, 2013– October 15, 2017)
- Sedis vacancy (since October 15, 2017)

year	population			priest				Permanent deacons	Religious		Parishes
year	Catholics	Residents	%	Total number	Diocesan priest	Religious priest	Catholics per priest	Permanent deacons	Friars	Religious sisters	Parishes
1950	27,937	600,000	4.7	30th	30th		931			42	33
1970	162,804	1,287,634	12.6	90	12	78	1,808		137	197	14th
1980	210,000	1,809,000	11.6	80	13	67	2,625		103	183
1990	265.215	2,265,000	11.7	74	25th	49	3,583		83	223	43
2000	134,000	1,521,000	8.8	39	23	16	3,435		43	127	49
2007	199,000	2,136,000	9.3	40	30th	10	4,975	2	53	144	31
2013	421,000	2,281,000	18.5	53	46	7th	7,943		53	174	32