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.

News Updates from the Diocese

M’khristu Akonza Tchalitchi la Phalula Komanso Kupereka Njinga ya Moto

Kunali chimwemwe chosefukira lero ku Parishi ya Mzimu Woyera – Phalula, mu Dayosezi ya Mangochi pamene a Tembo, m’modzi mwa […]

May 18, 2026

Chiyendausiku Sub-Parish Holds Eucharistic Recollection for Holy Childhood Apostolate Ahead of Diocesan Eucharistic Congress

Chiyendausiku, Balaka – Ninety-four members of the Holy Childhood Apostolate from Chiyendausiku Sub-Parish gathered on Saturday, 16th May 2026, for […]

May 18, 2026

Nankhwali Parish Receives Catechesis on the Eucharist as Church Marks World Communications Day

Nankhwali, Mangochi – In response to the pastoral appeal of the Rt. Rev. Montfort Stima, Bishop of Mangochi, and the […]

May 18, 2026

Nankhwali Health Centre Marks World Nurses Day with Gesture of Compassion

Nankhwali, Mangochi – In solidarity with the universal Church’s ministry of healing and in commemoration of World Nurses Day, observed annually […]

May 12, 2026

Apostolic Nuncio Concludes Historic Visit to Mangochi with Call to Love, Faith, and Mission

The Apostolic Nuncio to Malawi and Zambia, Monsignor Gianluca Perici, has concluded his pastoral visit to the Diocese of Mangochi […]

May 10, 2026

Missio Munich visits the Diocese of Mangochi, Malawi

The Diocese of Mangochi has welcomed Ms. Branca Begic of the International Cooperation Division at Missio Munich, who is on […]

May 8, 2026

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Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for its assistance to migrants and the poor May 18, 2026
The pope expressed his gratitude to the papal society founded in 1905, which raises funds to support and strengthen under-resourced mission dioceses throughout the United States.
Vatican to publish Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical May 25 May 18, 2026
The pope signed “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”) on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the publication of the landmark social encyclical “Rerum Novarum.”
SSPX and Rome: A half-century of canonical tensions May 18, 2026
As one of the leading experts on Lefebvrism sees it, reconciliation is impossible as long as the Society of St. Pius X's rejection of certain parts of the Second Vatican Council persists.

AMECEA Blog

ZAMBIA: Zambia’s Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Telesphore Mpundu, Dies at 79 May 16, 2026
Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has lost Most Reverend Telesphore George Mpundu, Emeritus Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka, who died at the age of 79, on Friday, 15th May 2026. In a statement announcing the death of the late Archbishop Emeritus, the current Archbishop of Lusaka, Most […]
VATICAN: Pope Leo XIV Meets Sudanese Prime Minister, Calls for Ceasefire, Dialogue to End Three-Year Conflict May 16, 2026
Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA His Holiness Pope Leo XIV received the Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Mr. Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz, at the Vatican on Monday, May 11. The duo’s discussions centered on the devastating humanitarian and political crisis that has gripped the East African nation for the past three […]
AMECEA: Communication Directors Urged to Champion AI Ethics, Literacy as Church Warns Against Threat to Human Dignity May 16, 2026
Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA During their second session on Artificial Intelligence (AI), National communication directors from the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences (AMECEA) were reminded of the importance of upholding ethical standards in the use of AI, with an emphasis on the Catholic Church's position that AI must never undermine human dignity or replace […]

Catholic News Agency

‘God hears the cries of the victims,’ Mexican bishop assures at Walk for Peace May 18, 2026
Bishop Ramón Castro expressed the Church's resolve to stand firm in its solidarity with victims of organized crime, decrying widespread extortion and corruption in Mexico.
Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for its assistance to migrants and the poor May 18, 2026
The pope expressed his gratitude to the papal society founded in 1905, which raises funds to support and strengthen under-resourced mission dioceses throughout the United States.
Calling nuclear weapons immoral, Archbishop Wester urges halt to production of plutonium pits May 18, 2026
Archbishop John Wester challenged the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s position that increased pit production complies with the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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P.O. Box 44
MANGOCHI,
Malawi.
Tel: (+265 01 594 462
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