Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika

Diocese of Mpika
Dioecesis Mpikaensis
Location
Country Zambia
Ecclesiastical province Kasama
Statistics
Area 86,135 km2 (33,257 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
535,000
128,372 (24.0%)
Information
Rite Latin
Cathedral St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Justin Mulenga

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mpika (Latin: Mpikaën(sis)) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama, also in Zambia.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, in the city of Mpika. It also has a former Cathedral, now Church of St. Maria Magdalena de Pazzi, in Ilondola.

History

Missionary and Episcopal Ordinaries

All Roman rite; many missiony members of the Latin congregation White Fathers (M. Afr.)
Ecclesiastical superior of the Mission sui iuris of Lwangwa
Apostolic Vicars of Lwangwa
Apostolic Vicars of Abercorn
Suffragan Bishop of Abercorn
Suffragan Bishops of Mbala
Suffragan Bishop of Mbala – Mpika
Suffragan Bishops of Mpika

President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (2014.07 – ...)

See also

Source and External links

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