Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo

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Ecclesiastical province Bulawayo Parishes 38 Area 66,956 km² Country Zimbabwe Secular priests 39		Metropolitan Bulawayo Denomination Roman Catholic Archbishop Alex Kaliyanil Schools 22
Territory Bulilima, Mangwe, Nyamandhlovu, Tsholotsho, Bubi, part of Lupane and Nkayi with Shangani River as boundary, Insiza, Umzingwane, Beitbridge and Gwanda west of Umzingwane River, Matobo Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)1,849,000113,266 (6.1%) Emeritus bishops Pius Ncube, Ernst Heinrich Karlen

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo (Latin: Bulauaien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

History

January 4, 1932: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bulawayo from the Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury

July 18, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bulawayo

April 13, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bulawayo

January 1, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bulawayo

June 10, 1994: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bulawayo

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bulawayo.

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bulawayo

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Bulawayo

Bishop Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M. (1931 – 18 June 1932)

Prefects Apostolic of Bulawayo

Bishop Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M. (18 June 1932 – 13 April 1937)

Vicars Apostolic of Bulawayo

Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. (23 December 1950 – 1 January 1955)

Bishop Ignazio Arnoz, M.H.M. (13 April 1937 – 26 February 1950)

Bishops of Bulawayo

Bishop Adolph Gregory Schmitt, C.M.M. (23 Dec 1950 - 9 May 1974 )

Archbishop Ernst Heinrich Karlen, C.M.M. (9 May 1974 - 24 Oct 1997)

Archbishop Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (24 Oct 1997 - 11 Sep 2007)

Apostolic Administrator: Fr. Martin Schupp, C.M.M. (11 Sept 2007 – 20 June 2009)

Archbishop Alex Kaliyanil SVD (20 Jun 2009 - )

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