Diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Masvingo / Masvingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bulawayo

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2022.07.19 – ...):	Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe)

Bishops of Masvingo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.07.19 – ...)

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (73)
(1999.02.09 – 2022.07.19)

Bishop emeritus of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (1991.06.17 – 1999.02.09)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe) (1999.02.09 – 2022.07.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Gweru (Zimbabwe) (2012.04.28 – 2013.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Gweru (Zimbabwe) (2017.10.24 – 2020.09.11)

Address: Bishop’s House, 15b Glyntor Road, Clovelly, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Phone: (039) 263465/263457

Area: 70,000 km²

Population: 246,000 Catholics (12.2% of 2,017,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 29 parishes, 4 missions, 56 priests (diocesan), 85 lay religious (2 brothers, 83 sisters), 25 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: Mary Queen of Peace (August 22)

1999.02.09: Established as Diocese of Masvingo / Masvingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Gweru and became suffragan of Bulawayo)