Archdiocese of Bulawayo

The Archdiocese of Bulawayo () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

History

• January 4, 1931: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Bulawayo from the Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury
• July 18, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bulawayo
• April 13, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bulawayo
• January 1, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Bulawayo
• June 10, 1994: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bulawayo

Cathedral

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bulawayo.

Leadership

Prefect of Bulawayo

• Giovanni Matteo Konings, OSCr (1926 – 1929)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Bulawayo

• Ignatius Arnoz, CMM (27 April 1931 – 18 June 1932 see below)

Prefect Apostolic of Bulawayo

• Ignatius Arnoz, CMM (see above 18 June 1932 – 13 April 1937 see below)

Vicars Apostolic of Bulawayo

• Ignazio Arnoz, CMM (see above 13 April 1937 – 26 February 1950)
• Adolph Gregory Schmitt, CMM (23 December 1950 – 1 January 1955 see below)

Bishops of Bulawayo

• Adolph Gregory Schmitt, CMM (see above 1 January 1955 – 9 May 1974)
• Ernst Heinrich Karlen, CMM (9 May 1974 – 10 June 1994 see below)

Archbishops of Bulawayo

• Ernst Heinrich Karlen, CMM (see above 10 June 1994 – 24 October 1997)
• Pius Ncube (24 October 1997 – 11 September 2007)
• Apostolic administrator: Martin Schupp, CMM (11 September 2007 – 20 June 2009)
• Alex Kaliyanil, SVD (20 June 2009 – )

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Gweru
• Diocese of Hwange
• Diocese of Masvingo

See also

• Catholic Church in Zimbabwe
• List of Catholic dioceses in Zimbabwe

External links

• Official website

Sources

• GCatholic.org