Diocese of Chikwawa
| Diocese of Chikwawa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Malawi |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Blantyre |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Martin Musikuwa |
| Vicar General | Cosmas Chasukwa |
| founding | 1965 |
| surface | 7,676 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,310,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 185.820 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 14.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,079 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
The Bistum Chikwawa ( lat. : Dioecesis Chiquavanus ) is in Malawi preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Chikwawa .
history
The diocese of Chikwawa was on March 22, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Christi from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Blantyre and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Chikwawa
- Eugen Joseph Frans Vroemen SMM , 1965–1979
- Felix Eugenio Mkhori , 1979–2001, then Bishop of Lilongwe
- Peter Martin Musikuwa , since 2003
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Ad Christi , AAS 58 (1966), n.4, p. 257f.