Diocese of Monze

Monzen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Monze, Zambia

The Diocese of Monze is a Latin Church diocese in southern Zambia, erected on 10 March 1962 from the Archdiocese of Lusaka. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lusaka and has been led by Bishop Raphael Mweempwa since 2022.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 10 March 1962
Latin: Monzen(sis)
Annuario code: 001002289

The see in figures

Catholics: 168,200
Population: 1,400,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 12.0%
Priests: 66
Catholics per priest: 2,548
Extent: 62,160 km²
Catholics per km²: 2.7

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 Mweempwa
Born: 30 March 1974
Birthplace: Monze

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 stands in Monze, 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.