Diocese of Mpika
| Diocese of Mpika | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Zambia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kasama |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 86,135 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 535,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 128,372 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 24% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,292 |
| Friars | 24 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 55 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | www.diompika.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika ( Latin Dioecesis Mpikaënsis , English Diocese of Mpika ) is in Zambia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mpika .
history
The diocese Mpika was on May 23, 1933 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae catholico from assignments of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Nyassa and Bangueolo as Mission sui juris Lwangwa . On July 1, 1937, the Mission sui juris Lwangwa by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Enascentium Ecclesiarum raised to the Apostolic Vicariate. The Apostolic Vicariate Lwangwa was renamed on March 8, 1951 in Apostolic Vicariate Abercorn .
On April 25, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Abercorn was by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum christiana fides raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lusaka as a suffragan . On June 12, 1967, the Diocese of Abercorn was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kasama as a suffragan. The Diocese of Abercorn was renamed on November 22, 1967 in the Diocese of Mbala . On April 26, 1991 the diocese of Mbala was renamed the Diocese of Mbala-Mpika . The diocese Mbala-Mpika was renamed on September 9, 1994 in the diocese Mpika . On October 29, 2011, the Diocese of Mpika gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Kabwe .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Lwangwa
- Heinrich Horst MAfr , 1938–1946
- Joost van den Biesen MAfr, 1948–1951
Vicars Apostolic of Abercorn
- Joost van den Biesen MAfr, 1951-1958
- Adolf Fürstenberg MAfr, 1958–1959
Bishops of Abercorn
- Adolf Fürstenberg MAfr, 1959–1967
Bishops of Mbala
- Adolf Fürstenberg MAfr, 1967–1987
- Telesphore George Mpundu , 1987-1991
Bishops of Mbala-Mpika
- Telesphore George Mpundu, 1991-1994
Bishops of Mpika
- Telesphore George Mpundu, 1994–2004, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Lusaka
- Ignatius Chama , 2008–2012, then Archbishop of Kasama
- Justin Mulenga , 2015-2020
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Mpika on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Mpika (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quae catholico , AAS 26 (1934), n.1, p. 16f.
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Enascentium Ecclesiarum , AAS 30 (1938), n.1 , p. 10ff.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum christiana fides , AAS 51 (1959), n. 14-15, pp. 793ff.