Diocese of Dedza, Malawi

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dedza / Dedzaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lilongwe

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Martin de Porres

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1956.04.29: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dedza / Dedzaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni and Apostolic Vicariate of Zomba)
1959.04.25: Promoted as Diocese of Dedza / Dedzaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Blantyre)
2011.02.09: Became suffragan of Lilongwe

Contact Info

Address: P.O. Box 80, Dedza, Malawi

Phone: +265 1 223228

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dedza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa (49)
(2021.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi)

Domine ut videa

Born:	1974.08.27 (Salima, Malawi)
Ordained Priest:	2004.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.28

Priest of Dedza (Malawi) (2004.06.12 – 2021.05.08)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (2021.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuele Kanyama
(2007.07.04 – 2018.02.17)

Born:	1962.12.25 (Malawi)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.10.05
Died:	2018.02.17 († 55)

Priest of Dedza (Malawi) (1990.08.04 – 2007.07.04)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (2007.07.04 – 2018.02.17)

Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.02.18 – 2007.07.04)

Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(2000.09.07 – 2006.02.18)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:	1938.01.11 (La Minerve, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.09
Died:	2022.06.18 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 84)

Titular Bishop of Molicunza (1998.02.14 – 2000.09.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (1998.02.14 – 2000.09.07)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (2000.09.07 – 2006.02.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi) (2006.02.18 – 2007.07.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Dedza (Malawi) (2006.02.18 – 2007.07.04)

Bishop of Lilongwe (Malawi) (2007.07.04 – 2011.02.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lilongwe (Malawi) (2011.02.09 – 2013.07.03)

Bishop Gervazio Moses Chisendera
(1984.06.25 – 2000.09.07)

Born:	1928 (Malawi)
Ordained Priest:	1960.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.09.30
Died:	2004.08.14 († 75)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (1984.06.25 – 2000.09.07)

Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo
(1959.04.25 – 1984.02.28)

Born:	1910 (Malawi)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.11
Died:	1984.02.28 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Bonitza (1956.11.09 – 1959.04.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Dedza (Malawi) (1956.11.09 – 1959.04.25)

Bishop of Dedza (Malawi) (1959.04.25 – 1984.02.28)

Vicars Apostolic of Dedza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cornelius Chitsulo
(1956.11.09 – 1959.04.25)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr. (later Archbishop) (1998.02.14 – 2000.09.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (later Archbishop) (1991.11.26 – 1993.05.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Bembeke Cathedral of the Holy Family, Dedza, Dedza, Central Region

Tete (↙), Lilongwe (↖), Mangochi (→)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 4,250 km²

Population: 377,598 Catholics (62.2% of 607,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes

Personnel: 52 priests (40 diocesan, 12 religious), 147 religious (23 brothers, 124 sisters), 22 seminarians