Diocese of Zomba
| Diocese of Zomba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Malawi |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Blantyre |
| Diocesan bishop | George Desmond Tambala OCD |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Allan Chamgwera |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 3,232 km² |
| Parishes | 15 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 685,541 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 229,345 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 33.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,334 |
| Friars | 10 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 59 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
The Bistum Zomba ( lat. : Dioecesis Zombaensis ) is in Malawi preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Zomba .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Zomba on May 15, 1952 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Shiré . On April 29, 1956, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Dedza .
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum christiana fides it was raised on April 25, 1959 to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Blantyre as a suffragan . On May 15, 1969, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Johnston .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Zomba
- Lawrence Pullen Hardman SMM (May 15, 1952 - April 25, 1959)
Bishops of Zomba
- Lawrence Pullen Hardman SMM (April 25, 1959 - September 21, 1970)
- Matthias A. Chimole (September 21, 1970 - December 20, 1979, then Bishop of Lilongwe )
- Allan Chamgwera (February 12, 1981 - January 17, 2004)
- Thomas Luke Msusa SMM (December 19, 2003– November 21, 2013, then Archbishop of Blantyre)
- George Desmond Tambala OCD , since October 15, 2015