Diocese of

Solwezi

Zambia

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Solwezi / Solvezien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lusaka

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1959.04.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Solwezi / Solvezien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ndola)
1976.12.09: Promoted as Diocese of Solwezi / Solvezien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lusaka and became suffragan of Lusaka)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.03.23 – ...):

Bishop Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde (54)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa

Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Solwezi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde (54)
(2010.03.23 – ...)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia)
President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa
Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops

Evangelizatio integra populi Dei

Born:	1968.12.14 (Kalulushi, Zambia)
Ordained Priest:	2001.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.29

Priest of Ndola (Zambia) (2001.08.04 – 2010.03.23)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia) (2010.03.23 – ...)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (2018.07.21 – ...)

Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (2021.05.04 – ...)

Bishop Alick Banda (60) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.11.14 – 2010.02.13)

Bishop Alick Banda (60) (later Archbishop)
(2007.05.30 – 2009.11.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia)

Restaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1963.11.15 (Mufulira, Zambia)
Ordained Priest:	1994.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.07.29

Priest of Ndola (Zambia) (1994.08.07 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia) (2007.05.30 – 2009.11.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ndola (Zambia) (2009.11.14 – 2010.01.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia) (2009.11.14 – 2010.02.13)

Bishop of Ndola (Zambia) (2010.01.16 – 2018.01.30)

Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (2014.07 – 2017.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia) (2018.01.30 – ...)

Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.10.01 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (81)
(1995.07.10 – 2004.10.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ndola (Zambia)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1941.12.14 (Bishopstown, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.10

Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia) (1993.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia) (1995.07.10 – 2004.10.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia) (2004.10.01 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop of Ndola (Zambia) (2004.10.01 – 2010.01.16)

Fr. Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (81) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1993.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Bishop Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv.
(1976.12.09 – 1993.12.26)

Born:	1919.06.30 (Zambia)
Ordained Priest:	1949.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.02.20
Died:	1993.12.26 († 74)

Apostolic Administrator of Solwezi (Zambia) (1970.06.09 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia) (1976.12.09 – 1993.12.26)

Prefects Apostolic of Solwezi (Roman Rite)

Fr. Severinah Abdon Potani, O.F.M. Conv. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.06.09 – 1976.12.09)

Fr. Anselm Myers, O.F.M. Conv.
(1969 – 1970.06.09)

Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Solwezi (Zambia) (1969 – 1970.06.09)

Fr. Rupert Hillerich, O.F.M. Conv.
(1959 – 1969)

Died:

1969

Prefect Apostolic of Solwezi (Zambia) (1959 – 1969)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Daniel, Solwezi, North-Western

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 125,826 km²

Population: 104,120 Catholics (9.4% of 1,103,270 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 30 priests (diocesan), 75 religious (3 brothers, 72 sisters), 34 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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