Diocese of Karonga
Karongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Karonga, Malawi
The Diocese of Karonga is a Latin rite see in northern Malawi, erected on 21 July 2010 and covering the Karonga and Chitipa districts. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 2010
- Latin
- Karongan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001812
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,000
- Population
- 400,000
- Catholic share
- 15.3%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 6,778
- Extent
- 14,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Martin Anwel Mtumbuka
- Born
- 5 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Majimbula Village
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
St. Mary's Cathedral stands in Karonga, 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 Lilongwe
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LilongweLilongwe
- Diocese of DedzaDedza
- Diocese of MzuzuMzuzu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe, the Diocese of Karonga (in Latin: Dioecesis Karongana) lies in the Northern region of Malawi and takes in a considerable share of that landlocked South Eastern African country, which covers roughly 118,000 km2. As of 2010 the diocese numbered 61,000 baptized Catholics within a population of 400,000. Martin Anwel Mtumbuka serves as its current bishop.
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].