Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru
The Diocese of Gweru (Latin: Dioecesis Gueruensis ) is a location in Zimbabwe Roman Catholic diocese based in Gweru. It includes the districts of Gweru, Chirumhanzu, Kwekwe, Mberengwa, Shurugwi and Zvishavane in the Midlands Province.
History
Pope Pius XII. founded on 14 November 1946, the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Victoria. The mission was entrusted to the Congregation of Bethlehem Mission Immensee. With the bull In Arcis Victoriae it was collected on 24 June 1950 for the Apostolic Vicariate.
It was on January 1, 1955, the Apostolic Constitution Quod Christ to the diocese, which took the name Gwelo collected, which was the Archdiocese of Salisbury assumed as suffragan. On 25 June 1982 it adopted the current name. On June 10, 1994, was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo.
Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- February 2, 1953 at the Prefecture Apostolic of Umtali;
- February 9, 1999 to the diocese of Masvingo.
Ordinaries
Prefect Apostolic of Fort Victoria
- Aloysius Haene SMB (28 March 1947-24. June 1950)
Vicar Apostolic of Fort Victoria
- Aloysius Haene SMB (24 June 1950-1. January 1955 )
Bishops of Gwelo
- Aloysius Haene SMB (1 January 1955-3. February 1977 )
- Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya (3 February 1977-25. June 1982)
Bishops of Gweru
- Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya (25 June 1982-14. January 1987)
- Francis Xavier Mugadzi (25 October 1988-6. February 2004)
- Martin Munyanyi (11 May 2006-28. , 2012 ) Michael Dixon Bhasera (28 April 2012-15. June 2013 ) ( Apostolic Administrator )