Solwezi diocese
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Solwezi diocese
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| Country | Zambia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lusaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 125,827 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 882,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 95,683 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 10.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.126 |
| Friars | 31 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 57 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Daniel |
| Website | http://www.solwezidiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Solwezi ( Latin Dioecesis Solveziensis , English Diocese of Solwezi ) is in Zambia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Solwezi .
history
Pope John XXIII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Solwezi with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem haec on April 9, 1959 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Ndola .
On December 9, 1976, she was raised to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lusaka as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Solwezi
- Rupert Hillerich OFMConv (1959–1969, died)
Bishops of Solwezi
- Severinah Abdon Potani OFMConv (December 9, 1976 - December 26, 1993, died)
- Noel Charles O'Regan SMA (July 10, 1995 - October 1, 2004, then Bishop of Ndola )
- Alick Banda (May 30, 2007 - November 13, 2009, then Coadjutor Bishop of Ndola)
- Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde (since March 23, 2010)
See also
Web links
- Website of the Diocese of Solwezi (English)
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Solwezi on Giga-Catholic (English)