Catholic Church in Zimbabwe

The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Catholic Church
in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Diocese' boundaries. Harare and Bulawayo are metropolitan Archdiocese
TypeNational polity
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationChristianity
ScriptureBible
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceZimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference
PopePope Francis
ZCBC PresidentRobert Ndlovu
Apostolic NuncioPaolo Rudelli
RegionZimbabwe
LanguageEnglish, Shona, Ndebele
FounderJesuits
Origin1887
Members1,367,669
Official websitehttp://www.zcbc.co.zw/

There were 1,145,000 Catholics in the country (about 9% of the total population) in 2005.[1] There are eight dioceses, including two archdioceses. Pius Ncube, the former archbishop of Bulawayo, was an outspoken critic of the then government of Robert Mugabe, who is also a Catholic.

Dioceses

See also

References
  1. , Albert J. Fritsch, SJ, PhD., 2005


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