The Archdiocese of Blantyre is the metropolitan

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. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the

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. The Archdiocese of Blantyre is . Out of a total population of 4,600,000, there are 1,133,850 Catholics. There are 78 priests and 287 religious. Currently,Thomas Luke Msusa SMM is the bishop of the diocese. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmsusa.html

History

* 1903.12.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Shiré from

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* 1952.05.15: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Blantyre * 1959.04.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Blantyre

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Prefect Apostolic of Shiré **Father Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:1903.12.03 - 1908.04.18 ''see below'' *Vicars apostolic of Shiré ** Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:''see above'' 1908.04.18 - 1909.12.02 ** Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M.:1910.05.09 - 1949.12.25 **John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:1949.12.25 – 1952.05.15 ''see below'' *Vicar apostolic of Blantyre (Roman rite) **John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:''see above'' 1952.05.15 – 1959.04.25 ''see below'' *Metropolitan archbishops of Blantyre (Roman rite) **

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, S.M.M.:''see above'' 1959.04.25 – 1967.10.14 ** James Chiona:1967.11.29 – 2001.01.23 **

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Thomas Luke Msusa Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. (born 2 February 1962) is archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre in Malawi. He is a convert to the Catholic Church from Islam. Life He is the son of a Muslim imam and at the age of seven left his vi ...

:2013.11.21 -

Auxiliary Bishops

* James Chiona (1965-1967), appointed Archbishop here * Montfort Stima (Sitima) (2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Mangochi

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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, appointed Bishop of Chikwawa in 2003

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Chikwawa * Diocese of Mangochi * Diocese of Zomba

Sources

GCatholic.org
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