Archdiocese of Bulawayo

Bulauaien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

The Archdiocese of Bulawayo is the metropolitan Latin Church see for southwestern Zimbabwe, tracing to a mission established in 1931 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans are Gweru, Hwange, and Masvingo, and it is led by Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, SVD.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 10 June 1994
Latin: Bulauaien(sis)
Patron: Immaculate Conception
Annuario code: 001000979

The see in figures

Catholics: 61,099
Population: 2,161,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 2.8%
Priests: 41
Catholics per priest: 1,490
Extent: 66,956 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.9

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Archbishop: Alex Thomas Kaliyanil

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception stands in Bulawayo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Bulawayo

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.