Diocese of Chipata
Chipaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Chipata, Zambia
The Diocese of Chipata is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Zambia, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lusaka, established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Jameson in 1937 and erected as a diocese in 1968. It has been led by Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu since 2002.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 April 1968
- Latin
- Chipaten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001141
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 315,130
- Population
- 1,381,000
- Catholic share
- 22.8%
- Priests
- 101
- Catholics per priest
- 3,120
- Extent
- 69,106 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.6
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
- George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu
- Born
- 4 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Zumaire
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 of St. Anne stands in Chipata, 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 Lusaka
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lusaka.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LusakaLusaka
- Diocese of KabweKabwe
- Diocese of LivingstoneLivingstone
- Diocese of MonguMongu
- Diocese of MonzeMonze
- Diocese of SolweziSolwezi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, St. Anne's, Plot 111, P.O. Box 510124, Chipata, Zambia
- Telephone
- e fax [216]221.375
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].