Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo

Archdiocese of Bulawayo Archidioecesis Bulauaiensis
The nave of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Bulawayo
Location
Country	Zimbabwe
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
Ecclesiastical province	Bulawayo
Metropolitan	Bulawayo
Statistics
Area	66,956 km2 (25,852 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 2,161,000 61,099 (2.8%)
Parishes	38
Schools	22
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman rite
Established	January 4, 1931
Cathedral	St. Mary's the Cathedral Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Bulawayo
Patron saint	Immaculate Heart of Mary
Secular priests	48
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Alex Kaliyanil, SVD
Vicar General	Hlakanipha Dube
Bishops emeritus	Pius Ncube
Map
Website
bulawayoarchdiocese.org

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

History

• January 4, 1931: 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

Cathedral

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

Leadership

Prefect of Bulawayo

• Giovanni Matteo Konings, OSCr (1926 – 1929)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo

• Ignatius Arnoz, CMM (27 April 1931 – 18 June 1932 see below)

Prefect Apostolic of Bulawayo

• Ignatius Arnoz, CMM (see above 18 June 1932 – 13 April 1937 see below)

Vicars Apostolic of Bulawayo

• Ignazio Arnoz, CMM (see above 13 April 1937 – 26 February 1950)
• Adolph Gregory Schmitt, CMM (23 December 1950 – 1 January 1955 see below)

Bishops of Bulawayo

• Adolph Gregory Schmitt, CMM (see above 1 January 1955 – 9 May 1974 )
• Ernst Heinrich Karlen, CMM (9 May 1974 – 10 June 1994 see below)

Archbishops of Bulawayo

• Ernst Heinrich Karlen, CMM (see above 10 June 1994 – 24 October 1997)
• Pius Ncube (24 October 1997 – 11 September 2007)
• Apostolic administrator: Martin Schupp, CMM (11 September 2007 – 20 June 2009)
• Alex Kaliyanil, SVD (20 June 2009 – )

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Gweru
• Diocese of Hwange
• Diocese of Masvingo

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Zimbabwe
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Zimbabwe

External links

• Official website
• "Archdiocese of Bulawayo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

Sources

• GCatholic.org