Diocese of Mansa
Mansaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mansa, Zambia
The Diocese of Mansa is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Luapula Province of Zambia, established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery in 1952 and elevated to a diocese in 1961. It is led by Bishop Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 November 1967
- Latin
- Mansaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001002148
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 474,252
- Population
- 927,197
- Catholic share
- 51.1%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 6,587
- Extent
- 44,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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 Chisanga
- Born
- 16 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Kamuchanga
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI
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 the Assumption of Our Lady, Mansa stands in Mansa, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kasama.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KasamaKasama
- Diocese of MpikaMpika
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Zambian city of Mansa is the seat of a suffragan see (Latin: Mansaën(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Kasama.
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].