Diocese of Ndola
| Diocese of Ndola | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Zambia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lusaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Benjamin Phiri |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Noel Charles O'Regan SMA |
| founding | 1938 |
| surface | 32,000 km² |
| Parishes | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,644,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,575,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 59.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 73 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10.161 |
| Friars | 104 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 252 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ndola ( Latin Dioecesis Ndolaensis , English Diocese of Ndola ) is in Zambia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ndola .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Ndola on January 8, 1938 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Prefecture Broken Hill . On January 3, 1949, she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Si in aliqua .
On April 9, 1959, it lost part of its territory to the establishment of the Solwezi Apostolic Prefecture . On April 25 of the same year it was raised to a diocese with the bull Cum christiana fides , which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lusaka as a suffragan diocese. A partnership with the German diocese of Limburg has existed since 1982 .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ndola
- Francis Costantin Mazzieri OFMConv (February 4, 1938 - January 13, 1949)
Vicar Apostolic of Ndola
- Francis Costantin Mazzieri OFMConv (January 13, 1949 - April 25, 1959)
Bishops of Ndola
- Francis Costantin Mazzieri OFMConv (April 25, 1959 - November 26, 1965)
- Nicola Agnozzi OFMConv (February 1, 1966 - July 10, 1975)
- Dennis Harold De Jong (July 10, 1975 - September 17, 2003)
- Noel Charles O'Regan SMA (October 1, 2004 - January 16, 2010)
- Alick Banda (January 16, 2010 - January 30, 2018, then Archbishop of Lusaka)
- Benjamin Phiri (since July 3, 2020)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 29,143 | 261,000 | 11.2 | 25th | 25th | 1,165 | 32 | 38 | 15th | ||
| 1970 | 138,375 | 815,000 | 17.0 | 48 | 48 | 2,882 | 58 | 107 | |||
| 1980 | 723,000 | 2,065,000 | 35.0 | 71 | 5 | 66 | 10.183 | 83 | 105 | 71 | |
| 1990 | 937,000 | 2,786,000 | 33.6 | 119 | 29 | 90 | 7,873 | 115 | 135 | 85 | |
| 1999 | 800,000 | 2,000,000 | 40.0 | 98 | 31 | 67 | 8,163 | 95 | 189 | 69 | |
| 2000 | 750,000 | 2,000,000 | 37.5 | 101 | 31 | 70 | 7,425 | 101 | 194 | 69 | |
| 2001 | 750,000 | 2,000,000 | 37.5 | 103 | 31 | 72 | 7,281 | 107 | 195 | 69 | |
| 2002 | 750,000 | 2,000,000 | 37.5 | 102 | 30th | 72 | 7,352 | 127 | 195 | 69 | |
| 2003 | 750,000 | 2,000,000 | 37.5 | 98 | 26th | 72 | 7,653 | 107 | 195 | 69 | |
| 2004 | 850,000 | 2,000,000 | 42.5 | 98 | 30th | 68 | 8,673 | 121 | 201 | 69 | |
| 2007 | 865,000 | 2,072,000 | 41.7 | 153 | 43 | 110 | 5,653 | 4th | 161 | 230 | 67 |