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Suffragan diocese Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Diocese of Chinhoyi

Chinhoyien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Chinhoyi is a Latin Church diocese in Zimbabwe, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Harare, established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sinoia in 1973 and raised to a diocese in 1985. The see was vacant from September 2023, with Fr. Patrick Ngwenya appointed bishop on 11 April 2026 but not yet ordained or installed as of June 2026.

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The address the register holds for Catedral de San Pedro, in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.

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Established
1973
Catholics
214,400
Priests
36
Territory
56,000 km²

Parishes and churches

8 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Patrick Ngwenya

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Pedro stands in Chinhoyi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Seated in the Zimbabwean city of Chinhoyi, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chinhoyi (Latin: Chinhoyien(sis)) is a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Harare.

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