Diocese of

Mzuzu 𝐖

Malawi Malawi

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mzuzu / Mzuzuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lilongwe

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception, Saint Carolus Lwanga

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Contact Info

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

Phone: +265 1 303269

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.04.26 – ...):Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (72)Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.05.05 – ...):Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (48)Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (48)

Titular Bishop of Catrum

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mzuzu (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (72)Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, S.P.S. (72)
(2016.04.26 – ...)

Bishop of Mzuzu (Malawi)

Everything except sin in sacred

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 (Château-Richer, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:1961.05.22
Died:1997.04.14 († 80)

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)

Special Churches

Chipata (↙), Karonga (↑), Lilongwe (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,500 km²

Population: 730,500 Catholics (39.3% of 1,858,940 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 55 priests (37 diocesan, 18 religious), 128 religious (22 brothers, 106 sisters), 25 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

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