Diocese of Solwezi

Solvezien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Solwezi, Zambia

The Diocese of Solwezi is a Latin Church see in North-Western Province, Zambia, promoted to a diocese on 9 December 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 9 December 1976
Latin: Solvezien(sis)
Patron: Saint Daniel
Annuario code: 001003088

The see in figures

Catholics: 67,048
Population: 682,191
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 9.8%
Priests: 30
Catholics per priest: 2,235
Extent: 88,300 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.8

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: Charles Kasonde

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. Daniel Cathedral, Solwezi stands in Solwezi, 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.