Archdiocese of Lilongwe
| Archdiocese of Lilongwe | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Malawi |
| Diocesan bishop | Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Rémi Sainte-Marie MAfr |
| Vicar General | Francis Sonkhani |
| founding | 1889 |
| surface | 24,025 km² |
| Parishes | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 4,584,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 981.784 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 21.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,973 |
| Friars | 47 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 225 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Dedza Diocese of Karonga Diocese of Mzuzu |
The Erzbistum Lilongwe ( lat. : Archidioecesis Lilongvensis ) is in Malawi preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Lilongwe .
history
The Archdiocese of Lilongwe was on July 31, 1889 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika as the Apostolic Prefecture Nyassa .
The Apostolic Prefecture Nyassa was on February 12, 1897 by Leo XIII. raised to the apostolic vicariate . On December 3, 1903, the Vicariate Apostolic Nyassa gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture Shiré . Further assignments took place on January 28, 1913 to found the Apostolic Vicariate Bangueolo , on July 1, 1937 to found the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Jameson and on May 8, 1947 to found the Apostolic Prefecture of North Nyassa . On July 12, 1951, the Apostolic Vicariate Nyassa was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Likuni . The Apostolic Vicariate Likuni gave on April 29, 1956 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Dedza . On June 20, 1958, the Apostolic Vicariate Likuni was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Lilongwe .
On April 25, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Lilongwe was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum christiana fides and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Blantyre as a suffragan . The Diocese of Lilongwe was founded on February 9, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Quotiescumque .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Nyassa
- Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont MAfr , 1897–1911
- Mathurin Guillemé MAfr, 1911-1934
- Joseph Ansgarius Julien MAfr, 1934–1950
Vicars Apostolic of Likuni
- Joseph Fady MAfr, 1951-1958
Vicars Apostolic of Lilongwe
- Joseph Fady MAfr, 1958-1959
Bishops of Lilongwe
- Joseph Fady MAfr, 1959-1972
- Patrick Augustine Kalilombe MAfr, 1972–1979
- Matthias Chimole , 1979-1994
- Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , 1994–2001, then Archbishop of Blantyre
- Felix Eugenio Mkhori , 2001-2007
- Rémi Sainte-Marie MAfr, 2007–2011
Archbishops of Lilongwe
- Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie MAfr, 2011–2013
- Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , since 2013
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum christiana fides , AAS 51 (1959), n. 14-15, pp. 793ff.
- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Quotiescumque , AAS 103 (2011), n.3 , p. 172f.