Maula Cathedral
The Maula Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Lilongwe, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Lilongwe the capital and largest city of the African country of Malawi. Administratively it is included in the Central Region, near the M1 highway and the Civo Stadium. The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe, Archdiocese of Lilongwe (''Archidioecesis Lilongvensis'') which was created as a diocese by Pope John XXIII in 1959 and got its present status in 2011 under the bula ''Quotiescumque Evangelii'' of the Pope Benedict XVI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye. See also *Roman Catholicism in Malawi *Cathedral References

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Lilongwe
Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River. History Lilongwe was first set up as a boma by the local leader Njewa in 1902. It became an administrative center in 1904. In the 1920s, its location at the junction of several major roadways increased its importance as an agricultural market centre for the fertile Central Region Plateau.Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 156 As a trading post, Lilongwe was officially recognised as a town in 1947. After gaining independe ...
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