On 5th February 2022 priests, religious sisters, religious brothers and the laity gathered at Mangochi Cathedral to celebrate the feast of the presentation of the Lord in the temple...
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Diocese of Mangochi
Rt Rev Montfort Stima
Bishop of the Diocese of Mangochi
The Right Reverend Montfort Stima (DP) was ordained a priest on 3rd August 1986 at Limbe Cathedral in Blantyre. His Holiness Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Mangochi Diocese on 6th December 2013.
Diocese of Mangochi
The Fort Johnston Apostolic prefecture was erected on 29th May 1969. By then it covered the then Fort Johnston and the larger part of Kasupe (Machinga) District North of Shire River. It was entrusted to the Italian Montfort Missionaries. The late Right Reverend Bishop Alessandro Assolari was appointed first Prefect Apostolic on 18th October 1969. The Prefecture Apostolic was then erected into a Diocese on 17th September 1973. Mangochi Diocese covers the area of Mangochi, Balaka and part of Machinga Districts.
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STATUS REPORT ON TROPICAL CYCLONE ANA IN MANGOCHI DIOCESE
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Read MoreRt. Rev. Montfort Stima formally opened the Synod of Bishops on Sunday 17th October 2021
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Bishop’s House
P.O. Box 44
MANGOCHI,
Malawi.
Tel: (+265 01 594 462
Fax: (+265) 01 594 676
Mobile: (+265) 9 95 328 260/888 124 835
Email: mangochidiocese@malawi.net
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