Diocese of Dedza
Dedzaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dedza, Malawi
The Diocese of Dedza is a Latin Church diocese in central Malawi, erected in 1956 as an apostolic vicariate and raised to a diocese in 1959. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lilongwe, and Peter Adrian Chifukwa has been bishop since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1959
- Latin
- Dedzaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Martin de Porres
- Annuario code
- 001001287
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 386,941
- Population
- 1,173,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 33.0%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 7,441
- Extent
- 4,250 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Chifukwa
- Born
- 27 August 1974
- Birthplace
- Salima
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Bembeke Cathedral of the Holy Family stands in Dedza, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lilongwe
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LilongweLilongwe
- Diocese of KarongaKaronga
- Diocese of MzuzuMzuzu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Dedza in Malawi, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza (Latin: Dedzaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Lilongwe.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.