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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Harare

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
63,555 km²

Country
  
Zimbabwe

Schools
  
41

Parishes
  
43

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Patron saint
  
Peter Claver

Major archbishop
  
Robert Ndlovu

Secular priests
  
36

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Territory
  
Districts of Mazowe, Bindura, Shamva, Murewa, Rushinga (south of the Mazowe river), Mudzi, Mutoko, Kadoma, Chegutu, Harare, Goromonzi, Seke, Marondera, Charter, Wedza, Buhera

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 4,936,000 499,810 (10.1%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare (Latin: Hararen(sis) in Zimbabua) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical Province of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

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History

  • July 2, 1879: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Zambese from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in South Africa
  • March 9, 1915: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese
  • July 14, 1927: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury
  • March 3, 1931: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury
  • January 1, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury
  • June 25, 1982: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare

    • Special churches

    The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Harare.

    Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Harare (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (since 2004.06.10)
  • Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1982.06.25 – 2003.04.08)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1976.05.31 – 1982.06.25)
  • Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J. (1956.11.23 – 1976.05.31)
  • Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. (1955.01.01 – 1956.11.23)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Aston Sebastian Joseph Chichester, S.J. (1931.03.04 – 1955.01.01)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Salisbury (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Robert Brown, S.J. (1927.07.14 – 1929)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Zambese (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Robert Brown, S.J. (1922 – 1927.07.14)
  • Fr. Edward Parry, S.J. (1920.01 – 1922.05.)
  • Fr. Richard Sykes, S.J. (1915.03.09 – 1919.12.)
  • Superiors of Mission “sui iuris” of Zambese (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Edward Parry, S.J. (1911 – 1915.03.09)
  • Fr. Ignatius Gartlan, S.J. (1904 - 1911)
  • Fr. Richard Sykes, S.J. (1896 – 1904)
  • Fr. Henri Depelchin, S.J. (1879.07.02 - 1883.04)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Chinhoyi
  • Gokwe
  • Mutare

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare Wikipedia
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