The Archdiocese of Harare ( Latin: ''Archidioecesis Hararensis'') is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the city of Harare, and parts of the provinces of

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, Mashonaland Central,

Mashonaland East Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km2 and a population of approximately 1.35 million (2012). Marondera is the capital of the province. Geography Districts Mashonaland East i ...

, and

Mashonaland West Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province. Districts Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts: * Chegutu * ...

. The

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Harare, which covers northeastern Zimbabwe. The current

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

is Robert Ndlovu. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harare. The archdiocese has 166

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, including 56 diocesan priests and 110 religious priests, and 254 religious sisters who are members of various

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s as of 2019. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve the archdiocese's Catholic population in of 3,569,900 in 57 Parishes in the Archdiocese Of Harare and a number of missions.

History

* July 2, 1879: Established as

Mission “sui iuris” A mission '' sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, ranki ...

of Zambese from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Natal The Vicariate Apostolic of Natal ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Natalensis) was a Roman Catholic missionary, quasi-diocesan jurisdiction in South Africa. Antecedents The history of the Catholic Church in South Africa goes back to 1660, when a Frenc ...

in South Africa * March 9, 1915: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Zambese * July 14, 1927: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Salisbury * March 3, 1931: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Salisbury * January 1, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury * June 25, 1982: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Harare

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Harare.

Prelates

Ordinaries

Superiors of Zambese

Henri Depelchin Henri Joseph Depelchin, SJ (also Henry Depelchin) (24 January 1822, Russeignies, East Flanders, Netherlands – 26 May 1900, Calcutta, District of West Bengal, British India), was a Belgian Jesuit priest and missionary in India and Africa. As ...

(2 July 1879 – April 1883) * Richard Sykes (1896 – 1904) *

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(1904 – 1911) * Edward Parry (1911 – 9 March 1915); later returned here as Prefect Apostolic

= Prefects Apostolic of Zambese

* Richard Sykes (9 March 1915 – December 1919) * Edward Parry (January 1920 – May 1922); previously served here as Superior * Robert Brown (1922 – 14 July 1927 ''see below'')

Prefect Apostolic of Salisbury

* Robert Brown (''see above'' 14 July 1927 – 1929)

Vicar Apostolic of Salisbury

Aston Chichester Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester, SJ (22 May 1879 – 24 October 1962) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Background Born in Ostend, Belgium of recusant English descent, he was educated at ...

(4 March 1931 – 1 January 1955 ''see below'')

Archbishops of Salisbury

(''see above'' 1 January 1955 – 23 November 1956) *

Francis William Markall Francis William Markall (24 September 1905 – 9 August 1992) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop. Born in Harringay, Markall was ordained as a Catholic priest at the age of 32 in 1937 and migrated to what was then known as Rhodesia, where he was a ...

(23 November 1956 – 31 May 1976) *

Patrick Fani Chakaipa The Most Reverend Patrick Fani Chakaipa (25 June 1932 – 8 April 2003) was the Archbishop of Harare from 1976 until his death in 2003. Early life He was born in Chirundazi (Mhondoro) which is some 100 km south of Harare. He was of th ...

(31 May 1976 – 25 June 1982 ''see below'')

Archbishops of Harare

(''see above'' 25 June 1982 – 8 April 2003) * Robert Ndlovu (10 June 2004 – )

Coadjutor Archbishop

, S.J. (1956)

Auxiliary Bishop

(1972-1976), appointed Archbishop here

Suffragan dioceses

* Chinhoyi * Gokwe *

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