Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre explained

The Archdiocese of Blantyre is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Blantyre in Malawi.

The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Blantyre.

The Archdiocese of Blantyre is 9166sqmi. Out of a total population of 4,600,000, there are 1,133,850 Catholics. There are 78 priests and 287 religious.

Currently, Thomas Luke Msusa SMM is the bishop of the diocese.

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmsusa.html

History

1903.12.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Shiré from Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa
1908.04.14: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Shiré
1952.05.15: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Blantyre
1959.04.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Blantyre

Bishops

Ordinaries

Prefect Apostolic of Shiré
- Father Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:1903.12.03 - 1908.04.18 see below
Vicars apostolic of Shiré
- Auguste Prézeau, S.M.M.:see above 1908.04.18 - 1909.12.02
- Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M.:1910.05.09 - 1949.12.25
- John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:1949.12.25 – 1952.05.15 see below
Vicar apostolic of Blantyre (Roman rite)
- John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:see above 1952.05.15 – 1959.04.25 see below
Metropolitan archbishops of Blantyre (Roman rite)
- John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M.:see above 1959.04.25 – 1967.10.14
- James Chiona