Diocese of Livingstone
Livingstonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Livingstone, Zambia
The Diocese of Livingstone is a Latin Church diocese in southern Zambia, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Victoria Falls in 1936 and erected as a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lusaka, led by Bishop Valentine Kalumba since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1959
- Latin
- Livingstonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002026
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,810
- Population
- 419,060
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 16.7%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,939
- Extent
- 58,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
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
- Valentine Kalumba
- Born
- 16 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Mufulira
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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. Theresa stands in Livingstone, 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:
- Archdiocese of LusakaLusaka
- Diocese of ChipataChipata
- Diocese of KabweKabwe
- Diocese of MonguMongu
- Diocese of MonzeMonze
- Diocese of SolweziSolwezi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.