Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama {Latin: Kasamaën(sis)} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 Suffragan Dioceses 5 See also 6 Source

[edit] History

• January 28, 1913: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo from the from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa in Malawi
• July 10, 1952: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kasama
• April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kasama
• June 12, 1967: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kasama

[edit] Special Churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of St. John the Apostle in Kasama.

[edit] Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Kasama (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop James Spaita (since 1990.12.03)
  • Archbishop Elias White Mutale (1973.09.17 – 1990.02.12)
  • Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha (1967.06.12 – 1973.02.22)
• Bishops of Kasama (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Clemens P. Chabukasansha (1965.07.06 – 1967.06.12)
  • Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. (1959.04.25 – 1964.11.25)
• Vicars Apostolic of Kasama (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. (1950.02.03 – 1959.04.25)
• Vicars Apostolic of Bangueolo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. (1935.10.05 – 1949.05.16)
  • Bishop Etienne-Benoît Larue, M. Afr. (1913.01.28 – 1935.10.05)

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

• Mansa
• Mpika

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Zambia

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information