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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Kasama
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama ( la, Kasamaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia. History * January 28, 1913: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa in Malawi. * May 23, 1933: Mission of Lwangwa is separated. * July 10, 1952: Western part of the vicariate became Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery, eastern part becomes Apostolic Vicariate of Kasama. * April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kasama. * June 12, 1967: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kasama. Special churches The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. John the Apostle in Kasama. Bishops * Vicars Apostolic of Bangueolo (Roman rite) ** Bishop Etienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr. (1913.01.28 – 1935.10.05) ** Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. (1935.10.05 – 1949.05.16) * Vicar Apostolic of Kasama (Roman rite) ** Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. (1950.02.03 – 1959.04.25 ''see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |