Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama
Archdiocese of Kasama Archidioecesis Kasamaënsis | |
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![]() St. John the Apostle Cathedral in Kasama | |
Location | |
Country | Zambia |
Territory | Northern Province, Zambia |
Ecclesiastical province | Kasama |
Statistics | |
Area | 59.13 km2 (22.83 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,216,000 570,130 (46.9%%) |
Parishes | 23 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 January 1913 |
Archdiocese | 1967 |
Cathedral | St. John the Apostle Cathedral, Kasama |
Secular priests | 54 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ignatius Chama |
Suffragans | Mansa, Mpika |
Map | |
![]() The Northern Province of Zambia which is the territory of the Archdiocese of Kasama |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama (Latin: Kasamaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.
History
[edit]- January 28, 1913: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa in Malawi.
- May 23, 1933: Mission of Lwangwa is separated.
- July 10, 1952: Western part of the vicariate became Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery, eastern part becomes Apostolic Vicariate of Kasama.
- April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kasama.
- June 12, 1967: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kasama.[1]
Special churches
[edit]The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. John the Apostle in Kasama.
Bishops
[edit]- Vicars Apostolic of Bangueolo (Roman rite)
- Bishop Etienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr. (1913.01.28 – 1935.10.05)
- Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. (1935.10.05 – 1949.05.16)
- Vicar Apostolic of Kasama (Roman rite)
- Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. (1950.02.03 – 1959.04.25 see below)
- Bishops of Kasama (Roman rite)
- Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. (see above 1959.04.25 – 1964.11.25)
- Bishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha (1965.07.06 – 1967.06.12 see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Kasama (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha (see above 1967.06.12 – 1973.02.22)
- Archbishop Elias White Mutale (1973.09.17 – 1990.02.12)
- Archbishop James Mwewa Spaita (1990.12.03 - 2009.04.30)
- Archbishop Ignatius Chama (since 2012.01.12)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
[edit]- Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. (1934-1935)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Justin Mulenga, appointed Bishop of Mpika in 2015
Archbishop Tresphore G Mpundu Emeritus of Lusaka
Suffragan dioceses
[edit]See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ Paul VI. "Kasamaënsis et aliarum, Constitutio Apostolica, Kasamaënsis dioecesis ad gradum et dignitatem Ecclesiae metropolitanae evehitur, d. 12 m. Iunii a. 1967, Paulus PP. VI | Paulus PP. VI (in Latin)". www.vatican.va. Ecclesia Catholica Romana. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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