Diocese of Mzuzu
| Diocese of Mzuzu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Malawi |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lilongwe |
| Diocesan bishop | John Alphonsus Ryan SPS |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 14,000 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,570,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 450,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 28.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,500 |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 70 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Peter's Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.mzuzu.org/diocese/index.html |
The Bistum Mzuzu ( lat. : Dioecesis Mzuzuensis ) is in Malawi preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mzuzu .
history
The diocese of Mzuzu was on May 8, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo in Nyassaland from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Nyassa as Apostolic Prefecture North Nyassa . On January 17, 1961, the Apostolic Prefecture of North Nyassa was founded by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Fertilis arbor raised to the diocese and renamed the Diocese of Mzuzu . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Blantyre as a suffragan . The diocese of Mzuzu gave up on July 21, 2010 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Karonga . On February 9, 2011, the Mzuzu diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lilongwe as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of North Nyassa
- Marcello Saint-Denis MAfr , 1947-1957
- Jean-Louis Jobidon MAfr, 1958-1961
Bishops of Mzuzu
- Jean-Louis Jobidon MAfr, 1961-1987
- Joseph Mukasa Zuza , 1995-2015
- John Alphonsus Ryan SPS , since 2016