Archdiocese of Bulawayo
Bulauaien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
The Archdiocese of Bulawayo is the metropolitan Latin Church see for southwestern Zimbabwe, tracing to a mission established in 1931 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans are Gweru, Hwange, and Masvingo, and it is led by Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, SVD.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 June 1994
- Latin
- Bulauaien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000979
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,099
- Population
- 2,161,000
- Catholic share
- 2.8%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 1,490
- Extent
- 66,956 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Alex Thomas Kaliyanil
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception stands in Bulawayo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bulawayo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GweruGweru
- Diocese of HwangeHwange
- Diocese of MasvingoMasvingo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].