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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Solwezi | |||
9 April 1959 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Ndola (Solwezi, Kasempa, Mwinilunga, and Kabongo (except parts outside of Ndola)) | Prefecture Apostolic of Solwezi (erected) |
Diocese of Solwezi | |||
9 December 1976 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Solwezi | Diocese of Solwezi |
18 June 2024 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Solwezi (from Lusaka) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Solwezi | ||||||||||||
1970 | 3,946 | 14 | 14 | 281 | 24 | 9 | 6 | ap1971 | ||||
Diocese of Solwezi | ||||||||||||
1980 | 21,700 | 310,000 | 7.0% | 6 | 15 | 21 | 1,033 | 27 | 18 | 9 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 27,000 | 331,000 | 8.2% | 12 | 17 | 29 | 931 | 24 | 32 | 13 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 57,858 | 491,019 | 11.8% | 16 | 21 | 37 | 1,563 | 26 | 56 | 17 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 61,523 | 503,221 | 12.2% | 17 | 18 | 35 | 1,757 | 25 | 54 | 17 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 63,662 | 513,285 | 12.4% | 18 | 19 | 37 | 1,720 | 26 | 52 | 17 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 64,936 | 523,551 | 12.4% | 21 | 19 | 40 | 1,623 | 26 | 54 | 17 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 66,062 | 528,786 | 12.5% | 17 | 16 | 33 | 2,001 | 21 | 53 | 17 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 67,048 | 682,191 | 9.8% | 17 | 9 | 26 | 2,578 | 15 | 61 | 17 | ap2005 | |
2010 | 92,000 | 788,000 | 11.7% | 26 | 20 | 46 | 2,000 | 24 | 56 | 23 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 95,683 | 882,000 | 10.8% | 24 | 21 | 45 | 2,126 | 31 | 57 | 27 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 100,160 | 957,760 | 10.5% | 28 | 19 | 47 | 2,131 | 26 | 61 | 29 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 98,620 | 1,045,000 | 9.4% | 21 | 21 | 4,696 | 2 | 58 | 29 | ap2021 | ||
2022 | 104,120 | 1,103,270 | 9.4% | 30 | 30 | 3,470 | 3 | 72 | 38 | ap2023 | ||
2024 | 107,035 | 1,134,160 | 9.4% | 30 | 30 | 3,567 | 76 | 40 | bul:18Jun2024 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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