Diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 (original) (raw)

1953.06.29: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Wankie / Vankien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bulawayo and Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury)
1963.03.01: Promoted as Diocese of Wankie / Vankien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Salisbury)
1988.04.08: Renamed as Diocese of Hwange / Huangen(sis) (Latin)
1991.06.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gokwe
1994.06.10: Became suffragan of Bulawayo

Address: Bishop’s House, Old Bulawayo Road, Box 25, Hwange, Zimbabwe

Phone: (081) 22325

Bishop (2021.07.05 – ...):	Bishop Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube (51)

Area: 43,427 km²

Population: 44,000 Catholics (9.3% of 472,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 41 priests (32 diocesan, 9 religious), 78 religious (12 brothers, 66 sisters), 13 seminarians