Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre

Template:Short description Template:Template other The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre (Template:Langx) is the Roman Catholic archdiocese for Blantyre in Malawi. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Blantyre.

The Archdiocese of Blantyre is . Out of a total population of 4,600,000, there are 1,133,850 Catholics. There are 78 priests and 287 religious. Currently, Thomas Luke Msusa SMM is the bishop of the diocese.

History

• 1903.12.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Shiré from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa
• 1908.04.14: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shiré
• 1952.05.15: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Blantyre
• 1959.04.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Blantyre

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prefect Apostolic of Shiré
  • Father Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:1903.12.03 - 1908.04.18 see below
• Vicars apostolic of Shiré
  • Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:see above 1908.04.18 - 1909.12.02
  • Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M.:1910.05.09 - 1949.12.25
  • John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:1949.12.25 – 1952.05.15 see below
• Vicar apostolic of Blantyre (Roman rite)
  • John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:see above 1952.05.15 – 1959.04.25 see below
• Metropolitan archbishops of Blantyre (Roman rite)
  • John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:see above 1959.04.25 – 1967.10.14
  • James Chiona:1967.11.29 – 2001.01.23
  • Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye:2001.01.23 - 2013.07.03; transferred to be Archbishop of Lilongwe due to a resignation
  • Thomas Luke Msusa:2013.11.21 -

Auxiliary Bishops

• James Chiona (1965-1967), appointed Archbishop here
• Montfort Stima (Sitima) (2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Mangochi

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Peter Martin Musikuwa, appointed Bishop of Chikwawa in 2003

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Chikwawa
• Diocese of Mangochi
• Diocese of Zomba

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Malawi

Sources

• GCatholic.org