The Archbishop of Harare heads the Roman Catholic Metropolitan See for Zimbabwe.
In 2004, the number of Roman Catholics in the archdiocese was estimated as 483,293 (from a total population of 4,866,000), and they were served by 124 priests.
A mission sui iuris of Zambese (in Latin, Zambesia) was erected on 2 July 1879.
On 1 January 1955, the Archdiocese of Salisbury was instituted as the Metropolitan See for Rhodesia.
In 1973, territory was lost when the Prefecture Apostolic of Sinoia was erected.