Diocese of Masvingo
Masvingen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Masvingo, Zimbabwe
The Diocese of Masvingo is a Latin Church diocese in southern Zimbabwe, erected on 9 February 1999. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 February 1999
- Latin
- Masvingen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Queen of Peace
- Annuario code
- 001002181
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 181,234
- Population
- 1,312,484
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.8%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 6,473
- Extent
- 70,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
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
- Raymond Mupandasekwa
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 Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Masvingo, 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 HwangeHwange
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Masvingo (Latin: Masvingen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic suffragan see based in the Zimbabwean city of Masvingo, within the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo. A Diocese of Masvingo, with its own Bishop of Masvingo, also exists in the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa.
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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.