Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe is the Roman Catholic archdiocese located in Lilongwe in Malawi. Before its elevation to an Archdiocese in 2011, it had belonged to the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Blantyre.
On Wednesday, July 3, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe, under Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law, presented by
Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr., who had served as Archbishop since its elevation on February 9, 2011, and before that as its Bishop since succeeding Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori on July 4, 2007. He was succeeded as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe by Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye, who until then had been serving as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre, in Blantyre, Malawi, and who had previously served as a Bishop of Lilongwe.Timeline
- July 31, 1889: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nyassa from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika in Tanzania
- February 12, 1897: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa
- July 12, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni
- June 20, 1958: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lilongwe
- April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Lilongwe
- February 9, 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese of Lilongwe
Bishops
- Vicars Apostolic of Nyassa
- * Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr.
- * Bishop Joseph Ansgarius Julien, M. Afr.
- Vicar Apostolic of Likuni
- * Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr.
- Vicar Apostolic of Lilongwe
- * Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr.
- Bishops of Lilongwe
- *Bishop Joseph Fady, M. Afr.
- *Bishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, M. Afr.
- *Bishop Matthias A. Chimole
- *Bishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye, appointed Archbishop of Blantyre; later returned here as Archbishop
- *Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori
- *Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.
- Archbishops of Lilongwe
- *Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.
- *Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye ; was previously here as Bishop
Coadjutor Bishops
- Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, M. Afr.
- Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye
- Stanislaus Tobias Magombo
Suffragan dioceses
Its suffragan dioceses are:
