The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe ( la, Archidioecesis Lilongvensis) is the
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archdiocese located in
Lilongwe in
Malawi
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. Before its elevation to an archdiocese in 2011, it had belonged to the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
Archdiocese of Blantyre. The
Maula Cathedral is located in the town of Lilongwe.
Timeline
* July 31, 1889: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nyassa from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika
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in
Tanzania
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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, 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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Bishop
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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 (1994.11.11 – 2001.01.23), appointed Archbishop of
Blantyre
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; later returned here as Archbishop
**Bishop
Felix Eugenio Mkhori (2001.01.23 – 2007.07.04)
**Bishop
Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie,
M. Afr. (2007.07.04 - 2011.02.09 ''see below'')
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Archbishops of Lilongwe (Roman rite)
**Archbishop
Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie,
M. Afr. (''see above'' 2011.02.09 - 2013.07.03)
**Archbishop
Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (2013.07.03 – 2020.12.14); was previously here as Bishop
**Archbishop
George Desmond Tambala
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, O.C.D. (since 2021.10.15)
Coadjutor Bishops
*
Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (2006-2007)
*
Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (1993-1994)
Auxiliary Bishop
*
Stanislaus Tobias Magombo (2009-2010)
Suffragan dioceses
Its
suffragan dioceses 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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Roman Catholic dioceses in Malawi
Religious organizations established in 1889
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
1889 establishments in Africa
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