Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare

The Archdiocese of Harare (Latin: Archidioecesis Hararensis) is the metropolitan see for the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the city of Harare, and parts of the provinces of Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Mashonaland West. The current archbishop is Robert Ndlovu. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harare. The archdiocese has 166 priests, including 56 diocesan priests and 110 religious priests, and 254 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes as of 2019. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve the archdiocese's Catholic population in of 3,569,900 in 57 parishes and a number of missions.

Archdiocese of Harare Archidioecesis Hararensis
Location
Country	Zimbabwe
Territory	Districts of Mazowe, Bindura, Shamva, Murewa, Rushinga (south of the Mazowe river), Mudzi, Mutoko, Kadoma, Chegutu, Harare, Goromonzi, Seke, Marondera, Charter, Wedza, Buhera
Ecclesiastical province	Harare
Statistics
Area	63,555 km2 (24,539 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 3,569,900 640,170 (17.9%)
Parishes	57
Schools	41
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 1, 1955
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Patron saint	Peter Claver
Secular priests	56 (2019)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Robert Ndlovu
Vicar General	Kennedy Muguti
Map
The archdiocese (dark green) in Zimbabwe

History

• July 2, 1879: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Zambese from the Apostolic Vicariate of Natal in South Africa
• March 9, 1915: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese
• July 14, 1927: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury
• March 3, 1931: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury
• January 1, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury
• June 25, 1982: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Harare.

Prelates

Ordinaries

Superiors of Zambese

• Henri Depelchin (2 July 1879 – April 1883)
• Richard Sykes (1896–1904)
• Ignatius Gartlan (1904–1911)
• Edward Parry (1911 – 9 March 1915)

Prefects Apostolic of Zambese

• Richard Sykes (9 March 1915 – December 1919)
• Edward Parry (January 1920 – May 1922)
• Robert Brown (1922 – 14 July 1927 see below)

Prefect Apostolic of Salisbury

• Robert Brown (see above 14 July 1927 – 1929)

Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury

• Aston Chichester (4 March 1931 – 1 January 1955 see below)

Archbishops of Salisbury

• Aston Chichester (see above 1 January 1955 – 23 November 1956)
• Francis William Markall (23 November 1956 – 31 May 1976)
• Patrick Fani Chakaipa (31 May 1976 – 25 June 1982 see below)

Archbishops of Harare

• Patrick Fani Chakaipa (see above 25 June 1982 – 8 April 2003)
• Robert Ndlovu (10 June 2004 – )

Coadjutor archbishop

• Francis William Markall (1956)

Auxiliary bishop

• Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1972–1976)

Suffragan dioceses

• Chinhoyi
• Gokwe
• Mutare

See also

• Catholic Church in Zimbabwe
• List of Catholic dioceses in Zimbabwe
• List of parishes in the Archdiocese of Harare

External links

• "Archdiocese of Harare". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

Sources

• catholic-hierarchy
• GCatholic.org