The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu ( la, Mzuzuen(sis)) is the

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located in

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 i ...

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 northeast ...

. It is in the

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of the

Archdiocese of Lilongwe The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe ( la, Archidioecesis Lilongvensis) is the Roman Catholic archdiocese located in Lilongwe in Malawi. Before its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it had belonged to the ecclesiastical province of th ...

History

* May 8, 1947: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nyassa from the

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* January 17, 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Mzuzu

Bishops

* Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Roman rite) ** Fr. Marcello Saint-Denis, M. Afr. (1947.06.13 – 1957) ** Fr. Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. (1958.01.03 – 1961.01.17 ''see below'') *

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s of Mzuzu (Roman rite) **Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. (''see above'' 1961.01.17 – 1987.10.01) **Bishop

Joseph Mukasa Zuza Joseph Mukusa Zuza (2 October 1955 – 15 January 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Malembo, Zuza was ordained in 1982 to serve in the Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Rep ...

(1995.03.03 - 2015.01.15) **Bishop

John Alphonsus Ryan Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan S.P.S. (b. 27 February 1952), is an Irish Catholic bishop and academic, who is the current Bishop of Mzuzu in Malawi. Ryan was born in Holy Cross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. He joined the Saint Patrick’s Society for t ...

S.P.S. (2016.04.26 - )

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Martin Anwel Mtumbuka, appointed Bishop of Karonga in 2010

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Christian organizations established in 1947 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1947 establishments in Nyasaland Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub

History

Bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

References

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