Diocese of Hwange
| Diocese of Hwange | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bulawayo |
| Diocesan bishop | José Alberto Serrano Antón IEME |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 43,427 km² |
| Parishes | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 346,697 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 38,175 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 11% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,231 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Friars | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious sisters | 88 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
The Bistum Hwange ( lat. : Dioecesis Huangensis ) is in Zimbabwe preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Hwange . It includes the districts of Hwange , Binga and part of Lupane (north of the Shabula River ) in Matabeleland North Province .
history
With the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christi religionem, Pope Pius II founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Wankie on June 29, 1953 from cedings of the Apostolic Vicariates Bulawayo and Salisbury . The mission was entrusted to the Congregation Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier .
She was raised on March 1, 1963 with the bull Mirum Ecclesiae to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Salisbury as a suffragan diocese. On June 17, 1991 it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Gokwe diocese . On June 10, 1994 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Wankie
- Francesco Font Garcia IEME (1953-1956)
- Dominic Ros Arraiza IEME (October 19, 1956–1963)
Bishop of Wankie
- Ignacio Prieto Vega IEME (March 1, 1963- April 8, 1988)
Bishops of Hwange
- Ignacio Prieto Vega IEME (April 8, 1988– February 9, 1999)
- Robert Christopher Ndlovu (February 9, 1999– June 10, 2004, then Archbishop of Harare )
- José Alberto Serrano Antón IEME (since December 5, 2006)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 19,400 | 290,000 | 6.7 | 36 | 36 | 538 | 36 | 49 | 16 | ||
| 1980 | 37,588 | 494,000 | 7.6 | 26th | 2 | 24 | 1,445 | 30th | 38 | 17th | |
| 1990 | 60,674 | 878.091 | 6.9 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 1,685 | 32 | 64 | 24 | |
| 1999 | 33.114 | 313,527 | 10.6 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 1,226 | 23 | 72 | 21st | |
| 2000 | 33,784 | 321,365 | 10.5 | 27 | 12 | 15th | 1,251 | 21st | 67 | 21st | |
| 2001 | 35,577 | 329.399 | 10.8 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 1,226 | 22nd | 60 | 22nd | |
| 2002 | 37,048 | 317,300 | 11.7 | 30th | 11 | 19th | 1,234 | 23 | 68 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 37,770 | 323.780 | 11.7 | 28 | 11 | 17th | 1,348 | 22nd | 64 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 38,576 | 329.937 | 11.7 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 1,330 | 21st | 60 | 24 | |
| 2006 | 41,118 | 343,265 | 12.0 | 31 | 17th | 14th | 1,326 | 17th | 81 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 38.175 | 346,697 | 11.0 | 31 | 19th | 12 | 1,231 | 3 | 16 | 88 | 24 |