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Robert Ndlovu
Robert Christopher Ndlovu was installed as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Harare on 21 August 2004. Education and career Ndlovu was born on 25 December 1955 at Tshongokwe, Matabeleland, Rhodesia. He was educated at the Marist Brothers Dete in the Hwange diocese before entering the Major Seminary at Chishawasha. He was ordained a priest on 28 August 1983 at the age of twenty-seven in Hwange, Zimbabwe. On 9 February 1999, aged forty-three, he was appointed Bishop of Hwange and consecrated three months later. Archbishop of Harare On 10 June 2004, aged forty-eight, Ndlovu was appointed Archbishop of Harare and installed on 21 August 2004. Ndlovu has openly criticised the regime in Zimbabwe for forced evictions and other human rights abuses. He has stated that the ''"role of a bishop and of the church in general is to stand up for human dignity, and from human dignity flow human rights"''. This has angered some in the government who respond that the Archbishop is sowing see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally in some more modern traditions also. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Anglican In the Anglican Communion, the style is applied to archbishops (including those who, for historical reasons, bear an alternative title, such as presiding bishop), rather than the style "The Right Reverend" which is used by other bishops. "The Most Reverend" is used by both primates (the senior archbishop of each independent national or regional church) and metropolitan archbishops (as metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province within a national or regional church). Retired archbishops usually revert to being styled "The Right Reverend", although they may be appointed "archbishop emeritus" by their province on retirement, in which case they retain the title "archbishop" and the style "The Most Reverend", as a courtesy. Archbishop Desm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
