The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangochi ( la, Mangocien(sis)) is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of

Mangochi Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2018 it has a population of 53,498. History Mangochi was founded by colonial adm ...

in the

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Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...

History

* May 29, 1969: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Johnston from the Diocese of Zomba * September 17, 1973: Promoted as Diocese of Mangochi

Leadership

* Prefect Apostolic of Fort Johnston (Roman rite) ** Father Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. (1969.10.03 – 1973.09.17 ''see below'') *

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

s of Mangochi (Roman rite) ** Bishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. (''see above'' 1973.09.17 – 2004.11.20) ** Bishop Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. (2004.11.20 – 2005.03.08) ** Bishop Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. (2007.04.03 - 2013.12.06); resigned (under Canon 401.1 of the

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1983 Code of Canon Law The 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title ''Codex Iuris Canonici''), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the second and current comp ...

) ** Bishop Monfort Stima (2013.12.06 - present); appointed by

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; formerly,

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of Puppi and Auxiliary Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre The Archdiocese of Blantyre is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Blantyre in Malawi. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Blantyre. The Archdiocese of Blantyre is . Out of a total po ...

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Malawi Christian organizations established in 1969 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Blantyre {{Malawi-stub

History

Leadership

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