Diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Masvingo / Masvingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bulawayo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Mary Queen of Peace (August 22)

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

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

Contact Info

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

Phone: (039) 263465/263457

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.15 – ...):

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (54)

Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe)

Vice-President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Masvingo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.SS.R. (54)
(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 (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.07.19 – 2023.09.15)

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (75)
(1999.02.09 – 2022.07.19)

Bishop emeritus of Masvingo (Zimbabwe)

Amor et unitas et vita

Born:	1949.11.11 (Gutu, Zimbabwe)
Ordained Priest:	1978.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.10.19

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (1991.06.17 – 1999.02.09)

Bishop of Masvingo (Zimbabwe) (1999.02.09 – 2022.07.19)

President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2002 – 2006)

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

President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2014.03.11 – 2018.05)

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

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Masvingo, Masvingo

Bulawayo (←), Gweru (↖), Mutare (→), Xai-Xai (↘), Tzaneen (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 70,000 km²

Population: 257,275 Catholics (12.2% of 2,108,425 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 62 priests (60 diocesan, 2 religious), 89 religious (4 brothers, 85 sisters), 29 seminarians