Livingstone Diocese
| Livingstone Diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Zambia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lusaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Valentine Kalumba OMI |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Raymond Mpezele |
| founding | 1936 |
| surface | 58,200 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 443,836 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 95,539 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 21.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,654 |
| Friars | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
The Diocese of Livingstone ( Latin Dioecesis Livingstonensis , English Diocese of Livingstone ) is in Zambia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Livingstone . It covers part of the southern province .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Victoria Falls with the Bull Quo in Rhodesiae Septentrionalis on May 25, 1936 from cession of the Apostolic Prefecture Broken Hill . With the Apostolic Constitution Si qua enascens on March 10, 1950, she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate .
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 lost part of its territory on June 14, 1997 in favor of the Mongu diocese .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Victoria Falls
- Vincent Joseph Flynn OFMCap (July 28, 1936 - March 10, 1950, resigned)
Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone
- Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFMCap (May 24, 1950 - April 25, 1959)
Bishops of Livingstone
- Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFMCap (April 25, 1959 - November 18, 1974, resigned)
- Adrian Mung'andu (November 18, 1974 - January 9, 1984, then Archbishop of Lusaka )
- Raymond Mpezele , (May 3, 1985 - June 18, 2016)
- Valentine Kalumba OMI (since June 18, 2016)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 3,428 | 358,000 | 1.0 | 20th | 20th | 171 | 21st | 8th | |||
| 1970 | 51,869 | 562,000 | 9.2 | 44 | 44 | 1,178 | 66 | 105 | |||
| 1980 | 57,399 | 554,000 | 10.4 | 34 | 2 | 32 | 1,688 | 63 | 108 | 23 | |
| 1990 | 87.906 | 776,000 | 11.3 | 62 | 11 | 51 | 1,417 | 107 | 118 | 23 | |
| 1999 | 52.501 | 348,432 | 15.1 | 35 | 9 | 26th | 1,500 | 31 | 43 | 12 | |
| 2000 | 53,610 | 355,758 | 15.1 | 30th | 10 | 20th | 1,787 | 27 | 49 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 69,810 | 419.060 | 16.7 | 34 | 14th | 20th | 2,053 | 28 | 53 | 14th | |
| 2007 | 74,558 | 431,000 | 17.2 | 32 | 11 | 21st | 2,329 | 31 | 60 | 14th | |
| 2013 | 91,711 | 496,000 | 18.5 | 31 | 15th | 16 | 2,958 | 32 | 53 | 16 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Livingstone on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Livingstone on gcatholic.org (English)