Archdiocese of Kasama
Kasamaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kasama, Zambia
The Archdiocese of Kasama is the metropolitan see for northern Zambia, originating as the 1913 Apostolic Vicariate of Bangweolo and elevated to an archdiocese on 12 June 1967. Its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Mansa and Mpika.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1967
- Latin
- Kasamaën(sis)
- Patron
- St. John the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001814
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 570,130
- Population
- 1,216,000
- Catholic share
- 46.9%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 10,558
- Extent
- 59 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9,663
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
- Ignatius Chama
- Born
- 12 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Mutomo-Kawambwa
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. John the Apostle Cathedral stands in Kasama, 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 Kasama
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MansaMansa
- Diocese of MpikaMpika
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kasama in Zambia is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Kasamaën(sis)), which serves as the Metropolitan See of the ecclesiastical province of the same name.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s House, Plot 935/936, Mpika Rd., P.O. Box 410143, Kasama, Zambia
- Telephone
- 966.738.607
- [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].