Archdiocese of Harare

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Archdiocese of Harare
Basic data
Country Zimbabwe
Diocesan bishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu
surface 63,555 km²
Parishes 54 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Residents 5,544,000 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics 565,000 (2013 / AP 2014 )
proportion of 10.2%
Diocesan priest 59 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious priest 104 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics per priest 3,466
Permanent deacons 0 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Friars 294 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious sisters 302 (2013 / AP 2014 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Website http://www.bulawayoarchdiocese.org/
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Chinhoyi
Diocese of Gokwe
Diocese of Mutare
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

The Archdiocese of Harare ( Latin Archidioecesis Hararensis , English Archdiocese of Harare ) is an in Zimbabwe situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Harare . It includes the districts of Mazowe, Bindura, Shamva, Murewa, Rushinga (south of the Mazowe River ), Mudzi, Mutoko, Kadoma, Chegutu, Harare, Goromonzi, Seke, Marondera, Charter and Buhera Wedze.

history

Pope Leo XIII. founded the Mission sui juris Zambezi on July 2, 1879 out of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Natal . On March 9, 1915, she was raised to the Apostolic Prefecture . On July 14, 1927, she took the name of Salisbury Apostolic Prefecture .

With the Breve Compertum habemus she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on March 3, 1931 . With the Bull Quod Christ it was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishopric on January 1, 1955 . On June 25, 1982, it took on its current name.

It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Zambezi

Apostolic Prefect of Salisbury

  • Roberto Brown SJ (1927-1929)

Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury

Archbishops of Salisbury

Archbishops of Harare

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number
Diocesan priest

Religious priest
Catholics per
priest
Friars Religious sisters
1950 44,279 1,023,567 4.3 82 2 80 539 27 308
1970 176.242 2,085,910 8.4 158 21st 137 1,115 188 482 23
1980 209.187 2,197,844 9.5 119 28 91 1,757 133 467 9
1990 254.835 3,211,334 7.9 111 34 77 2,295 108 423 3
1999 363.027 4,392,568 8.3 154 42 112 2,357 241 397 3
2000 400,586 4,515,578 8.9 151 41 110 2,652 253 411 3
2001 452,468 4,642,014 9.7 132 36 96 3,427 215 395 3
2002 369.771 4,443,427 8.3 133 37 96 2,780 233 273 41
2003 379.291 4,771,838 7.9 129 39 90 2,940 223 351 43
2004 483.293 4,866,000 9.9 124 38 86 3,897 295 350 43
2006 499.810 4,936,000 10.1 134 36 98 3,729 272 365 43
2007 512.215 4,960,440 10.3 138 38 100 3.711 1 318 373 43

See also

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