The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru ( la, Gueruen(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the city of

Gweru Gweru is a city in central Zimbabwe. Near the geographical centre of the country. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it beca ...

in the ecclesiastical province of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.

History

* November 14, 1946: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Victoria * June 24, 1950: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Victoria * January 1, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Gwelo * June 25, 1982: Renamed as Diocese of Gweru

Episcopal ordinaries

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Prefects Apostolic of Fort Victoria

# Aloysius Haene (1947 – 24 June 1950)

Vicars Apostolic of Fort Victoria

# Aloysius Haene (24 June 1950 – 1 January 1955)

Bishops of Gwelo

# Aloysius Haene (1 January 1955 – 3 February 1977) # Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya (3 February 1977 – 25 June 1982)

Bishops of Gweru

# Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya (25 June 1982 – 14 January 1987) # Francis Xavier Mugadzi (25 October 1988 – 6 February 2004) # Martin Munyanyi (11 May 2006 – 28 April 2012) # Xavier Johnsai Munyongani (14 September 2013 – 15 October 2017) (was priest here, 1977–1999, then was incardinated in Díocese of Masvingo) # Rudolf Nyandoro (24 October 2020 – present)

Sources

GCatholic.org
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