 Catholic Church in Zimbabwe | |
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 Zimbabwean Diocese' boundaries. Harare and Bulawayo are metropolitan Archdiocese | |
| Type | National polity |
| Classification | Catholic |
| Orientation | Latin |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Catholic theology |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Governance | Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| ZCBC President | Robert Ndlovu |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Paolo Rudelli |
| Region | Zimbabwe |
| Language | English,Shona,Ndebele |
| Founder | Jesuits |
| Origin | 1887 |
| Members | 1,367,669 |
| Official website | http://www.zcbc.co.zw/ |
TheCatholic Church in Zimbabwe is part of the worldwideCatholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of thePope of Rome,Pope Leo XIV.
According to the 2017 Inter Censal Demography Survey by theZimbabwe National Statistics Agency 8.0% of the population ofZimbabwe wereCatholic; overall, 84% of the country had a Christian background.[1]
There were 1,145,000 Catholics in the country (about 9% of the total population) in 2005.[2] By 2017, the censal survey had the number of Catholics at 1.2 million.[1]
In 2020, Catholic numbers were up to 2 million people, with 600 priests and 1,000 nuns serving across 267 parishes.[3]
Pius Ncube, the former archbishop ofBulawayo, was an outspoken critic of the then government ofRobert Mugabe, who was also a Catholic.
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