Diocese of Chinhoyi
Chinhoyien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1985
- Latin
- Chinhoyien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Kizito and Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001138
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 214,400
- Population
- 3,000,540
- Catholic share
- 7.1%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 5,956
- Extent
- 56,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Bishop
- Patrick Ngwenya
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
de San Pedro stands in Chinhoyi, 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 Harare
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Harare.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HarareHarare
- Diocese of GokweGokwe
- Diocese of MutareMutare
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].