Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Blantyre / Blantyren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Chikwawa, Mangochi, Zomba
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.11.21 – ...): | ![]() Vice-President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Blantyre (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre (Malawi)
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Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye
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Archbishop James Chiona
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Archbishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Blantyre (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Shiré (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Jan Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M.
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Bishop Auguste Prézeau
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Prefects Apostolic of Shiré (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Auguste Prézeau (later Bishop) (see above) |
Address: P.O. Box 385, Blantyre, Malawi
Phone: +265 1 637905
Area: 9,166 km²
Population: 3,124,337 Catholics (64.6% of 4,839,121 total) (2020)
Statistics: 43 parishes, 2 missions, 199 priests (85 diocesan, 114 religious), 500 lay religious (138 brothers, 362 sisters), 47 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Our Lady Queen of All Hearts
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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