Diocese of Hwange
Huangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hwange, Zimbabwe
The Diocese of Hwange is a Latin Church diocese in northwestern Zimbabwe, erected as a diocese in 1963 from the earlier Prefecture of Hwange. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 April 1988
- Latin
- Huangen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001632
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 38,234
- Population
- 406,500
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.4%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,821
- Extent
- 43,427 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
- Bishop
- Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube
- Born
- 4 October 1973
- Birthplace
- Nkayi
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 of St. Ignatius stands in Hwange, 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 GweruGweru
- Diocese of MasvingoMasvingo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Hwange, this Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Huangen(sis)) is a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
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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.