Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 49,166 square kilometres (18,983 sq mi) and a population of 1,811,905 (2022). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona, Ndebele, Tswana, Sotho and Chewa, as well as of various other languages. Gweru, the third-largest city in Zimbabwe, is the capital of the province.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara in Uganda covers an area of 10,980 km2 in southwestern Uganda. As of 2003, of the 2.2 million citizens in the area 856,168 are members of the Catholic Church. The archdiocese is subdivided into 25 parishes, and has 114 priests altogether. The archdiocese is the metropolitan for the dioceses of:
The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
The Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden is a suffragan Latindiocese of the Catholic Church in the northern part of the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht. It encompasses the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, as well as the Noordoostpolder, a part of the province of Flevoland.
The Archbishop of Harare heads the Roman Catholic Metropolitan See for Zimbabwe.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
The Archdiocese of Harare 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 Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Mashonaland West. The current archbishop is Robert Ndlovu. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harare. The archdiocese has 166 priests, including 56 diocesan priests and 110 religious priests, and 254 religious sisters who are members of various religious institutes as of 2019. These priests, deacons and persons religious serve the archdiocese's Catholic population in of 3,569,900 in 57 parishes and a number of missions.
Gokwe South District is one of the eight administrative districts of the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The district administrative seat is located in Gokwe Town also known as Gokwe Centre and the District Administrator is the focal person in terms of all district administrative matters. The district is divided into two administrative entities under the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, which are Gokwe South Rural District Council and Gokwe Town Council. The two district administrative entities were legally setup under the Urban Councils Act of 2015 [Chapter 29:15] and Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] under the constitution of Zimbabwe. The district is further subdivided into 01 senatorial constituency, 05 parliamentary constituencies and 33 council wards. These constituencies and wards are shared between these two administrative entities of Gokwe South District. According to the 2012 ZIMSTAT National Census Statistics the population of the district was at 330 036 people. Gokwe district is in the north-western part of Zimbabwe its average temperature vacillates at 40 degrees Celsius. Gokwe South District shares its boundaries with 06 districts, namely Binga District, Nkayi District, Kwekwe District, Kadoma District, Lupane District and Gokwe North District.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone is a diocese located in the city of Gaborone, Botswana, in the ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa. The motto of the diocese is Deus Caritas Est, which means "God is love."
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru is a suffragan diocese in the city of Gweru in the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hwange is a suffragan diocese in the city of Hwange in the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Masvingo is a suffragan diocese in the city of Masvingo in the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chinhoyi is a suffragan diocese in the city of Chinhoyi in the ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe.
The Diocese of Coxim is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mato Grosso do Sul state, southwestern inland Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
Gokwe North District is the northern of two administrative districts in the Gokwe region of the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Its administrative seat is Nembudziya.
The Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway or the R84-7 Highway is an all-weather bitumen macadam highway in Zimbabwe running from Kwekwe to Gokwe passing through Zhombe. As a trunk road it is officially designated as the P11 Highway.
Gokwe North Rural District Councils is a local government organ administering Gokwe North District. There are eight Rural District Councils in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe all established in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act; Chapter 29.13.
Gokwe South Rural District Council is the rural district local authority in Gokwe South District. Gokwe South District has two local government arms, Gokwe Town Council created under the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 administering Gokwe Urban, and Gokwe RDC created in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act, Chapter 29.13 overseeing the rural Gokwe South District in Zimbabwe.
Rudolf Nyandoro is a Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Gokwe since 2017. He was appointed the new Bishop of Gweru in September 2020. A Gweru native, he previously served a parish priest, seminary rector and professor, and most recently, chancellor of the Diocese of Masvingo.
Mutange Dam, across Mutange River, is a manmade earth fill embarkment dam located in Chisina Village, 30 km east of Gokwe and 35 km northwest of Empress Mine, in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Mutange Dam is 42 km by road from Gokwe and 49 km from Empress, 117 km from Kadoma and 146 km from Kwekwe via Empress. It is owned and operated by the Ministry of Water Resources and Development.
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