Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika
Infobox Diocese
country = Zambia
name = Mpika
jurisdiction = Diocese
latin = Dioecesis Mpikaensis
province = Kasama
metropolitan =
bishop = "vacant"
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops = | cathedral = St. Joseph’s Cathedral
cocathedral =
rite = Latin
area = 44,000
population = 927,197
population_as_of= 2004
catholics = 474,252
catholics_percent = 51.1
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mpika (Latin: " Mpikaën(sis)") is a suffragan diocese in the city of Mpika in the ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.
History
* May 23, 1933: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Lwangwa
* July 1, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa
* March 8, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Abercorn
* April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Abercorn
* November 22, 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Mbala
* April 26, 1991: Renamed as Diocese of Mbala – Mpika
* September 9, 1994: Renamed as Diocese of Mpika
Leadership
* Bishops of Mpika (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1994.09.09 – 2004.10.01)
* Bishops of Mbala – Mpika (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1991.04.26 – 1994.09.09)
* Bishops of Mbala (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1987.03.07 – 1991.04.26)
** Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1967.11.22 – 1987.03.07)
* Bishops of Abercorn (Roman rite)
** Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1959.04.25 – 1967.11.22)
* Vicars Apostolic of Abercorn (Roman rite)
** Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1958.12.11 – 1959.04.25)
** Bishop Joost Van den Biesen, M. Afr. (1951.03.08 – 1958.01.24)
* Vicars Apostolic of Lwangwa (Roman rite)
** Bishop Joost Van den Biesen, M. Afr. (1948.02.12 – 1951.03.08)
** Bishop Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. (1938.05.21 – 1946)
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Zambia
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/mpik0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmpik.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.diompika.org/ Diocese of Mpika website]
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