The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There were 1,145,000 Catholics in the country (about 9% of the total population) in 2005. There are eight dioceses, including two archdioceses. Pius Ncube, the former archbishop of Bulawayo, was an outspoken critic of the then government of Robert Mugabe, who is also a Catholic. Dioceses Harare Chinhoyi Gokwe Mutare Bulawayo Gweru Hwange Masvingo See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo List of parishes in the Archdiocese of Harare Religion in Zimbabwe Archbishop Marek Zalewski References External links Statistics relating to the Catholic church in Zimbabwe GCatholic Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference Zimbabwe Zimbabwe