Diocese of Livingstone
Livingstonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Livingstone, Zambia
The Diocese of Livingstone is a Latin Church diocese in southern Zambia, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Victoria Falls in 1936 and erected as a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lusaka, led by Bishop Valentine Kalumba since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1959
- Latin
- Livingstonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002026
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 69,810
- Population
- 419,060
- Catholic share
- 16.7%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,939
- Extent
- 58,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
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
- Valentine Kalumba
- Born
- 16 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Mufulira
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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. Theresa stands in Livingstone, 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 ChipataChipata
- Diocese of KabweKabwe
- Diocese of MonguMongu
- Diocese of MonzeMonze
- Diocese of SolweziSolwezi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].