Diocese of Mzuzu
Mzuzuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mzuzu, Malawi
The Diocese of Mzuzu is a Latin Catholic suffragan see of Lilongwe covering the northern region of Malawi. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1947 and erected as a diocese in 1961, it has been led by Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 January 1961
- Latin
- Mzuzuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Charles Lwanga
- Annuario code
- 001002330
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 730,500
- Population
- 1,858,940
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 39.3%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 19,743
- Extent
- 21,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda
- Born
- 20 June 1976
- Birthplace
- Wozi
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
St. Peter's Cathedral, Mzuzu stands in Mzuzu, 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 Lilongwe.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LilongweLilongwe
- Diocese of DedzaDedza
- Diocese of KarongaKaronga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
At Mzuzu in Malawi sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu (Latin: Mzuzuen(sis)), a see belonging to the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.