Diocese of

Mzuzu

Malawi

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 21,500 km²

Population: 536,000 Catholics (28.8% of 1,859,780 total) (2017)

Statistics: 15 parishes, 1 mission, 51 priests (33 diocesan, 18 religious), 134 lay religious (24 brothers, 110 sisters), 20 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lilongwe

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Address: P.O. Box 2, Mzuzu, Malawi

Phone: +265 1 303269

Website:

History

1947.05.08: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nyassa / Nyassæ Septentrionalis (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa)
1961.01.17: Promoted as Diocese of Mzuzu / Mzuzuen(sis) (Latin)
2010.07.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Karonga

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Peter, Mzuzu, Mzimba, Northern Region

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.26 – ...):

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mzuzu (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (68)
(2016.04.26 – ...)

Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Born:	1952.02.27 (Tipperary, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.27

Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi) (2016.04.26 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza
(1995.03.03 – 2015.01.15)

Born:	1955.10.02 (Malawi)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.06
Died:	2015.01.15 († 59)

Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi) (1995.03.03 – 2015.01.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Malawi (2012.06 – 2015.01.15)

Bishop Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr.
(1961.01.17 – 1987.10.01)

Born:	1916.11.18 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.22

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi) (1958 – 1961.01.17)

Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi) (1961.01.17 – 1987.10.01)

Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Roman Rite)

Fr. Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1958 – 1961.01.17)

(see above)

Fr. Marcello Saint-Denis, M. Afr.
(1947.06.13 – 1957)

Died:

1957

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nyassa (Malawi) (1947.06.13 – 1957)

as of 2020.06.16

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