Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika

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Diocese of Mpika
*Dioecesis Mpikaensis*
Statistics
Country:	Zambia
Ecclesiastical province:	Kasama
Rite:	Latin
Area:	44,000 km²
Population: Total: Catholics:	927,197 (2004) 474,252 (51.1%)
Cathedral:	St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Ordinaries
Bishop:	vacant

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mpika (Latin: Mpikaën(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the city of Mpika in the ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.

1 History
2 Leadership
3 See also
4 Source

[edit] History

May 23, 1933: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Lwangwa
July 1, 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lwangwa
March 8, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Abercorn
April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Abercorn
November 22, 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Mbala
April 26, 1991: Renamed as Diocese of Mbala – Mpika
September 9, 1994: Renamed as Diocese of Mpika

[edit] Leadership

Bishops of Mpika (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1994.09.09 – 2004.10.01)
Bishops of Mbala – Mpika (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1991.04.26 – 1994.09.09)
Bishops of Mbala (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu (1987.03.07 – 1991.04.26)
- Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1967.11.22 – 1987.03.07)
Bishops of Abercorn (Roman rite)
- Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1959.04.25 – 1967.11.22)
Vicars Apostolic of Abercorn (Roman rite)
- Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. (1958.12.11 – 1959.04.25)
- Bishop Joost Van den Biesen, M. Afr. (1951.03.08 – 1958.01.24)
Vicars Apostolic of Lwangwa (Roman rite)
- Bishop Joost Van den Biesen, M. Afr. (1948.02.12 – 1951.03.08)
- Bishop Heinrich Horst, M. Afr. (1938.05.21 – 1946)