Catholic Church in Zimbabwe (original) (raw)

Also known as: Simbabwe (Deutsch), Zimbabue (español), le Zimbabwe (français), Zimbabwe (Italiano, polski, Português), 津巴布韋 (正體中文), ジンバブエ (日本語), Zimbabua (latine)

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Cultural Summary

Religions: Protestant 74.8% (includes Apostolic 37.5%, Pentecostal 21.8%, other 15.5%), Roman Catholic 7.3%, other Christian 5.3%, traditional 1.5%, Muslim 0.5%, other 0.1%, none 10.5%

Languages: Shona (official; most widely spoken), Ndebele (official, second most widely spoken), English (official; traditionally used for official business), 13 minority languages (official; includes Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Shangani, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa)

Ethnic Groups: African 99.4% (predominantly Shona; Ndebele is the second largest ethnic group), other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%

Motto: Unity, Freedom, Work (English)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 390,757 km²

Catholic Population: 2,108,000 Catholics (12.7% of 16,559,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 272 parishes, 2,087 mission stations (21 with resident priest, 2,066 without resident priest), 6 other centres

Clergy: 14 bishops (7 diocesan, 7 titular), 617 priests (398 diocesan, 219 religious), 19 permanent deacons (17 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,230 religious (131 brothers, 1,099 sisters), 388 major seminarians, 1 missionary, 4,804 catechists