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Diocese of

Chinhoyi

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chinhoyi / Chinhoyien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Harare

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.09.15 – ...):Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)

Vice-President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chinhoyi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.09.15 – ...)

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (53)
(2017.12.30 – 2023.09.15)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)
Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)
Vice-President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Copiosa apud eum redemptio

Born:1970.04.28 (Tamirepi, Zimbabwe)
Ordained Priest:2001.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:2018.04.07

Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) (2017.12.30 – 2023.09.15)

Vice-President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2022? – ...)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe) (2023.09.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) (2023.09.15 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (67)Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.02.17 – 2017.12.30)

Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. (85)Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. (85)
(2006.04.06 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop emeritus of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Born:1938.06.02 (Berlin, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1969.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:2006.09.02

Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) (2006.04.06 – 2016.02.17)

Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J.
(1985.10.28 – 2004.03.10)

Born:1933.11.24 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1964.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:1986.01.05
Died:2004.03.10 († 70)

Prefect Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) (1974.02.22 – 1985.10.28)

Bishop of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe) (1985.10.28 – 2004.03.10)

President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1990 – 1994)

Prefects Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Roman Rite)

Fr. Helmut Reckter, S.J. (later Bishop)
(1974.02.22 – 1985.10.28)

(see above)

Contact Info

Address: 26 Robson Manyika Drive, Box 680, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

Phone: (067) 22562

Website:

Statistics

Area: 56,000 km²

Population: 243,330 Catholics (7.2% of 3,402,720 total) (2021)

Statistics: 21 parishes, 22 missions, 39 priests (35 diocesan, 4 religious), 2 deacons, 77 religious (9 brothers, 68 sisters), 11 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Kizito, Saint Francis Xavier

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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