Diocese of Karonga
Karongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Karonga, Malawi
The Diocese of Karonga is a Latin rite see in northern Malawi, erected on 21 July 2010 and covering the Karonga and Chitipa districts. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 2010
- Latin
- Karongan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001812
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,000
- Population
- 400,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 15.3%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 6,778
- Extent
- 14,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Martin Anwel Mtumbuka
- Born
- 5 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Majimbula Village
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. Mary's Cathedral stands in Karonga, 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 Lilongwe
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LilongweLilongwe
- Diocese of DedzaDedza
- Diocese of MzuzuMzuzu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe, the Diocese of Karonga (in Latin: Dioecesis Karongana) lies in the Northern region of Malawi and takes in a considerable share of that landlocked South Eastern African country, which covers roughly 118,000 km2. As of 2010 the diocese numbered 61,000 baptized Catholics within a population of 400,000. Martin Anwel Mtumbuka serves as its current bishop.
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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.