Rite Latin Pope Francis Country Zambia | Cathedral St. Joseph’s Cathedral Area 86,135 km² Bishop Justin Mulenga | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
535,000
128,372 (24.0%) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mpika (Latin: Mpikaën(sis)) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama, also in Zambia.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, in the city of Mpika. It also has a former Cathedral, now Church of St. Maria Magdalena de Pazzi, in Ilondola.
History
Missionary and Episcopal Ordinaries
All Roman rite; many missiony members of the Latin congregation White Fathers (M. Afr.)President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (2014.07 – ...)
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA