Diocese of Mutare
Mutaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mutare, Zimbabwe
The Diocese of Mutare is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Harare, eastern Zimbabwe, established in 1957 as the Diocese of Umtali and renamed Mutare in 1982. Its cathedral is Holy Trinity Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 1982
- Latin
- Mutaren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001002320
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 231,500
- Population
- 2,321,000
- Catholic share
- 10.0%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 2,789
- Extent
- 32,202 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- Paul Horan
- Born
- 17 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Drangan
- Institute
- CARMELITANI
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral stands in Mutare, 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 Harare
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Harare.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HarareHarare
- Diocese of ChinhoyiChinhoyi
- Diocese of GokweGokwe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Eastern Zimbabwe is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mutare (Latin: Mutaren(sis)), a suffragan diocese that includes the city of Mutare and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Harare.
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].