Diocese of Chinhoyi

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chinhoyi () is a suffragan diocese in the city of Chinhoyi in the ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe.

History

• December 17, 1973: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sinoia from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salisbury
• June 25, 1982: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Chinhoyi
• October 28, 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Chinhoyi

Leadership

• Prefect Apostolic of Chinhoyi (Roman rite)
• Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. (22 Feb 1974 – 28 Oct 1985 see below)
• Bishops of Chinhoyi (Roman rite)
• Bishop Helmut Reckter, S.J. (see above 28 Oct 1985 – 10 Mar 2004)
• Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz S.J. (6 April 2006 – 17 February 2016)
• Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa C.Ss.R. (30 December 2017 - 15 September 2023)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Zimbabwe

References

Sources

• GCatholic.org