Diocese of Gweru
Gueruen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gweru, Zimbabwe
The Diocese of Gweru is a Latin suffragan diocese in central Zimbabwe, erected as a diocese in 1955 from the earlier vicariate of Fort Victoria. Its cathedral is St. Theresa's in Gweru, and it is led by Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 1982
- Latin
- Gueruen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001001562
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 443,500
- Population
- 2,428,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.3%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 15,293
- Extent
- 29,158 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Bishop
- Rudolf Nyandoro
- Born
- 11 October 1968
- Birthplace
- Gweru
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
St. Theresa's Cathedral stands in Gweru, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bulawayo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BulawayoBulawayo
- Diocese of HwangeHwange
- Diocese of MasvingoMasvingo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Gweru in Zimbabwe, the Diocese of Gweru (Latin: Gueruen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.