Catholic Church

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Republic of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

Also known as: Simbabwe (Deutsch), Zimbabue (español), le Zimbabwe (français), Zimbabwe (Italiano, polski, Português), 津巴布韋 (正體中文), ジンバブエ (日本語), Zimbabua (latine)

Formerly: Southern Rhodesia

Continent: Southern Africa

Capital: Harare

Neighbouring Countries: Botswana Botswana, ↖ Zambia Zambia, → Mozambique Mozambique, ↓ South Africa South Africa

By Type (8)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (2)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (6)


By Rite

Roman Rite (8): Bulawayo, Chinhoyi, Gokwe, Gweru, Harare, Hwange, Masvingo, Mutare


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Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions


Apostolic Nunciature: Zimbabwe

Conference of Bishops: Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (Z.C.B.C.) Bishop Paul Horan, O. Carm. (60)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.) Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. (64)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (63)

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Cathedrals Cathedrals (8)

Basilicas Basilicas (1)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Catholic Population: 2,108,000 Catholics (12.7% of 16,559,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 272 parishes, 2,087 mission stations (21 with resident priest, 2,066 without resident priest), 6 other centres

Clergy: 14 bishops (7 diocesan, 7 titular), 617 priests (398 diocesan, 219 religious), 19 permanent deacons (17 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,230 religious (131 brothers, 1,099 sisters), 388 major seminarians, 1 missionary, 4,804 catechists

Summary

Area: 386,847 km²

Population: 13,805,084

Religions: Protestant 74.8% (includes Apostolic 37.5%, Pentecostal 21.8%, other 15.5%), Roman Catholic 7.3%, other Christian 5.3%, traditional 1.5%, Muslim 0.5%, other 0.1%, none 10.5%

Languages: Shona (official; most widely spoken), Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken), English (official; traditionally used for official business), 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa)

Ethnic Groups: African 99.4% (predominantly Shona; Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group), other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%

Motto: Unity, Freedom, Work (English)

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Last updated on 2023.09.25

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