Diocese of Zanzibar
Zanzibaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zanzibar, Tanzania
The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, covering the islands of Unguja and Pemba in Tanzania. It was established as a diocese in 1980, with St. Joseph's Cathedral as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1980
- Latin
- Zanzibaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000233
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,000
- Population
- 990,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.3%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 650
- Extent
- 2,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Augustine Shao
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. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Zanzibar, 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 Dar-es-Salaam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of IfakaraIfakara
- Diocese of MahengeMahenge
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of TangaTanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. St. Joseph's Cathedral, located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar, serves as its cathedral.
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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.