The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe ( la, Archidioecesis Lilongvensis) is the

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located in

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 th ...

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. Before its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it had belonged to the

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of the

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. The

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is located in the town of Lilongwe.

Timeline

* July 31, 1889: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nyassa from the

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* February 12, 1897: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa * July 12, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni * June 20, 1958: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lilongwe * April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Lilongwe * February 9, 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese of Lilongwe

Bishops

* Vicars Apostolic of Nyassa (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr. (1897.02.12 – 1911.02.28) ** Bishop

Mathurin Guillemé Mathurin Guillemé (3 July 1859 - 7 April 1942) was a Catholic White Fathers missionary who was Vicar Apostolic of Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa, Nyassa in today's Malawi from 1911 until his resignation in 1934. Early years Mathurin Guillemé was ...

, M. Afr. (1911.02.24 – 1934.06.27) ** Bishop Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr. (1934.12.10 – 1950.12.07) * Vicar Apostolic of Likuni (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. (1951.07.10 – 1958.06.20 ''see below'') * Vicar Apostolic of Lilongwe (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. (''see above 1958.06.20 – 1959.04.25 ''see below'') *

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s of Lilongwe (Roman rite) **Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr. (''see above'' 1959.04.25 – 1972.05.06) **Bishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr. (1972.05.06 – 1979.12.20) **Bishop

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(1979.12.20 – 1994.11.11) **Bishop

Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (19 May 1949 – 14 December 2020) was a Malawian Roman Catholic archbishop. Ziyaye was born in Malawi and was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. He served as titular bishop of ''Macon'' and auxiliary bishop of the ...

(1994.11.11 – 2001.01.23), appointed Archbishop of

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; later returned here as Archbishop **Bishop

Felix Eugenio Mkhori Felix Eugenio Mkhori (August 24, 1931 – October 27, 2012) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in S ...

(2001.01.23 – 2007.07.04) **Bishop

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, M. Afr. (2007.07.04 - 2011.02.09 ''see below'') *

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s of Lilongwe (Roman rite) **Archbishop

, M. Afr. (''see above'' 2011.02.09 - 2013.07.03) **Archbishop

(2013.07.03 – 2020.12.14); was previously here as Bishop **Archbishop

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, O.C.D. (since 2021.10.15)

Coadjutor Bishops

, M. Afr. (2006-2007) *

(1993-1994)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Stanislaus Tobias Magombo (2009-2010)

Suffragan dioceses

Its

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s are: *

Dedza Dedza is the main township of Dedza District in the Central Region of Malawi. Description Dedza is located about 85 km south of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, off the M1 road to Blantyre at a point where a trans-African highway from Johann ...

Karonga Karonga is a township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi. Located on the western shore of Lake Nyasa, it was established as a slaving centre sometime before 1877. As of 2018 estimates, Karonga has a population of 61,609. Hi ...

Mzuzu Mzuzu is the capital of Malawi's Northern Region and is the third largest city by population in Malawi. The city has 221,272 residents and 20,000 commuters ( Mzuzu University students) with about 1.7 million people in its metropolitan area. It ...

Sources

GCatholic.org
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