Diocese of Zomba
Zombaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zomba, Malawi
The Diocese of Zomba is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Blantyre in southern Malawi, erected in 1959 from an apostolic vicariate. Bishop Alfred Mateyu Chaima has led the see since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 April 1959
- Latin
- Zombaën(sis)
- Patron
- Sacro Cuore di Gesù
- Annuario code
- 001000249
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 276,000
- Population
- 685,541
- Catholic share
- 40.3%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 5,412
- Extent
- 3,232 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 85
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Alfred Chaima
- Born
- 14 July 1970
- Birthplace
- Nambera
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
del Sagrado Corazón stands in Zomba, 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 Blantyre
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Blantyre.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BlantyreBlantyre
- Diocese of ChikwawaChikwawa
- Diocese of MangochiMangochi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Zomba in Malawi is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zomba (Latin: Zombaën(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Blantyre.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].