The Archdiocese of Harare (

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: ''Archidioecesis Hararensis'') is the

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for the

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Ecclesiastical province of Harare in

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. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the city of

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, and parts of the provinces of

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, and

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. The

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is the

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

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Robert Ndlovu Robert Christopher Ndlovu was installed as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Harare on 21 August 2004. Education and career Ndlovu was born on 25 December 1955 at Tshongokwe, Matabeleland, Rhodesia. He was educated at the Marist Brothers Dete i ...

. The mother church of the archdiocese is the

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in Harare. The archdiocese has 166

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, including 56 diocesan priests and 110 religious priests, and 254

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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

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of Zambese from the

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* March 9, 1915: Promoted as

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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 (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) *

(10 June 2004 – )

Coadjutor Archbishop

* Francis William Markall, S.J. (1956)

Auxiliary Bishop

(1972-1976), appointed Archbishop here

Suffragan dioceses

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