Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (19 May 1949 – 14 December 2020) was a Malawian

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archbishop. Ziyaye was born in

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 ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. He served as

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of ''Macon'' and auxiliary bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza ( la, Dedzaën(sis)) is a diocese in the city of Dedza, in the Ecclesiastical province of Lilongwe in Malawi. History *1956-04-29: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dedza from the Apostolic Vicariate of ...

, Malawi, from 1991 to 1993. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe in 1993 and became Bishop of Lilongwe in 1994. In 2001 Ziyaye was appointed Archbishop of Blantyre. He was Archbishop of Lilongwe from 2013 until his death in 2020.Archdiocese of Lilongwe
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