Diocese of Gokwe, Zimbabwe

Continent: Southern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Gokwe / Gokven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Harare

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus (January 25)

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1991.06.17: Established as Diocese of Gokwe / Gokven(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Hwange and became suffragan of Harare)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, Sasame 2 Area, Box 90, Gokwe, Zimbabwe

Phone: (059) 2396

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.23 – ...):

Bishop Eusebius Jelous Nyathi (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gokwe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eusebius Jelous Nyathi (50)
(2023.06.23 – ...)

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1974.08.02 (Hwange, Zimbabwe)
Ordained Priest:	2004.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.09.23

Priest of Hwange (Zimbabwe) (2004.06.17 – 2023.06.23)

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (2023.06.23 – ...)

Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro (55)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.10.24 – 2023.06.23)

Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro (55)
(2017.01.28 – 2020.09.11)

Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe)
General Secretary of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1968.10.11 (Gweru, Zimbabwe)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.04.29

Priest of Masvingo (Zimbabwe) (1998.12.19 – 2017.01.28)

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (2017.01.28 – 2020.09.11)

Bishop of Gweru (Zimbabwe) (2020.09.11 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (2020.10.24 – 2023.06.23)

General Secretary of Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (2022.09.26 – ...)

Bishop Angel Floro Martínez, I.E.M.E.
(1999.10.15 – 2017.01.28)

I came so that they may have life to the full

Born:	1940.02.24 (Ayna, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.19
Died:	2023.03.14 (Gweru, Zimbabwe † 83)

Bishop of Gokwe (Zimbabwe) (1999.10.15 – 2017.01.28)

President of Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (2010 – 2014.03.11)

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera (74)
(1991.06.17 – 1999.02.09)

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 St. John the Baptist, Gokwe, Midlands

Hwange (←), Monze (↖), Chinhoyi (↗), Harare (→), Gweru (↘), Bulawayo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,000 km²

Population: 82,846 Catholics (11.1% of 745,660 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (28 diocesan, 5 religious), 1 deacon, 38 religious (7 brothers, 31 sisters), 17 seminarians