The country's Catholic bishops met in the Conference of Catholic Bishops of

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

(Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, ZCBC), established by the

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on October 1, 1969. The statutes of the Conference were approved on March 25, 1981. The ZCBC is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and

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(SECAM). The primary objective of the ZCBC is to promote solidarity among the bishops of Zimbabwe, and promotion of self-sufficiency among each of the dioceses.

Presidents

# Donal Lamont, Bishop of

Umtali Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 in the su ...

(1970–1972) #

Aloysius Haene Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from Frankish ''*H ...

, Bishop of

Gwelo 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 ...

(1972–1974) # Ignacio Prieto Vega, Bishop of Wankie (1974–1975) # Ernst Heinrich Karlen, Archbishop of

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council ...

(1975–1977) #

Patrick Fani Chakaipa The Most Reverend Patrick Fani Chakaipa (25 June 1932 – 8 April 2003) was the Archbishop of Harare from 1976 until his death in 2003. Early life He was born in Chirundazi (Mhondoro) which is some 100 km south of Harare. He was of th ...

, Archbishop of

Harare Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its ...

(1977–1984) # Wunganayi Chiginya Tobias, Bishop 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 be ...

(1984–1987) # Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of

Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 in the s ...

(1987–1990) #

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, Bishop of

Chinhoyi Chinhoyi, known until 1982 as Sinoia, is a city in central northern Zimbabwe in the Makonde District. It has a population of 90,800 and is primarily a college town, although it was originally founded as an Italian group settlement scheme. The ...

(1990–1994) # Francis Xavier Mugadzi, Bishop of

(1994–1998) # Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of

(1998–2002) # Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of

Masvingo Masvingo is a city in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city is situated close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, th ...

(2002–2006) # Robert Ndlovu, Archbishop of

(2006–2011) # Ángel Floro Martínez, Bishop of Gokwe (2011–2014) # Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of

(2014–present)

References

External links

ZCBC

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