LUSAKA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE of. — In the south-eastern part of Northern Rhodesia, entrusted to the Society of Jesus. It derives from the apostolic prefecture of the Zambezi (today the vicariate of Salisbury), from which it was separated and erected as the prefecture of Broken Hill on 14 July 1927; it took its present designation on 13 June 1946 and was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 14 July 1950.
It has an area of approximately 160,000 sq. km., with 450,000 inhabitants, of whom 27,500 are Catholics. It has 15 churches and 55 stations, served by 1 diocesan priest and 28 religious, assisted by 7 male and 7 female religious communities. It has 241 schools (including 9 vocational schools and 1 teacher-training school), 6 charitable and philanthropic institutions (including 1 hospital and 1 orphanage). There are also confraternities and Catholic Action associations (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 679).