Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa (21 June 1939 – 8 January 2024) was a Zimbabwean prelate who was bishop for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mutare The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mutare ( la, Mutaren(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in eastern Zimbabwe. It includes the city of Mutare and is part of the ecclesiastical province of Harare. History * February 2, 1953: Established as Apostolic Pre ...

. He became ordained as a priest by Archbishop Markaal on 24 August 1968 at Mount St. Mary’s Mission in Wedza under the Archdiocese of Harare. He was appointed bishop of

Umtali Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 in the surr ...

in 1981 and was ordained as a bishop of Umtali in 1982. He retired in 2016. Muchabaiwa died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 84.

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1939 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe Roman Catholic bishops of Mutare Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from Wedza District {{Zimbabwe-bio-stub