Diocese of Kabwe

Kabven(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kabwe, Zambia

The Diocese of Kabwe is a Latin Catholic diocese in Zambia, erected in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI from territory of the dioceses of Mpika and Lusaka. A suffragan of Lusaka, it is led by Bishop Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 29 October 2011
Latin: Kabven(sis)
Annuario code: 001001773

The see in figures

Catholics: 138,810
Population: 1,078,334
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 12.9%
Priests: 112
Catholics per priest: 1,239
Extent: 63,574 km²
Catholics per km²: 2.2

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: Clement Mulenga
Born: 15 August 1965
Birthplace: Dismashi
Institute: SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)

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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kabwe stands in Kabwe, 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 Lusaka

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lusaka.

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.