Diocese of Mpika
Mpikaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mpika, Zambia
The Diocese of Mpika is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Kasama, Zambia, with origins in the 1933 Mission sui iuris of Lwangwa and the present name adopted in 1994. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Mpika.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 September 1994
- Latin
- Mpikaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph the Worker
- Annuario code
- 001002310
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,372
- Population
- 535,000
- Catholic share
- 24.0%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 3,056
- Extent
- 86,135 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Edwin Mulandu
- Born
- 15 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Mufulira
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. Joseph the Worker stands in Mpika, 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 MansaMansa
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].