Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza (Latin: Dedzaën(sis)) is a diocese in the city of Dedza, in the ecclesiastical province of Lilongwe in Malawi.

Diocese of Dedza Dioecesis Dedzaensis
Location
Country	Malawi
Metropolitan	Lilongwe
Statistics
Area	4,250 km2 (1,640 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,173,000 459,398 (39.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Peter Adrian Chifukwa

History

• 1956-04-29: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dedza from the Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni and Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba
• 1959-04-25: Promoted as Diocese of Dedza

Bishops

• Vicar Apostolic of Dedza (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo (1956-11-09 – 1959-04-25 see below)
• Bishops of Dedza (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo (see above 1959-04-25 – 1984-02-28)
  • Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera (1984-06-25 – 2000-09-07)
  • Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (2000-09-07 – 2006-02-18), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe
  • Bishop Emmanuele Kanyama (2007-07-04 – 2018-02-17)
  • Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa (2021.05.08 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishops

• Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (1998-2000), appointed Bishop here
• Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (1991-1993), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Stanislaus Tobias Magombo, appointed auxiliary bishop of Lilongwe in 2009

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Malawi

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy