Diocese of Zanzibar
Zanzibaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zanzibar, Tanzania
The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, covering the islands of Unguja and Pemba in Tanzania. It was established as a diocese in 1980, with St. Joseph's Cathedral as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1980
- Latin
- Zanzibaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000233
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,000
- Population
- 990,900
- Catholic share
- 1.3%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 650
- Extent
- 2,332 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Augustine Shao
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. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Zanzibar, 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 Dar-es-Salaam
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Dar-es-SalaamDar-es-Salaam
- Diocese of BagamoyoBagamoyo
- Diocese of IfakaraIfakara
- Diocese of MahengeMahenge
- Diocese of MorogoroMorogoro
- Diocese of TangaTanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Zanzibar (Latin: Dioecesis Zanzibarensis) stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam. St. Joseph's Cathedral, located in the episcopal see of Zanzibar, serves as its cathedral.
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].