Robert Ndlovu

The Most Reverend Dr.

Robert Ndlovu
Archbishop of Harare
Archdiocese Harare
Province Harare
Appointed June 10, 2004
Installed August 21, 2004
Predecessor Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Other posts Bishop of Hwange (1999-2004)
Orders
Ordination August 28, 1983
Consecration May 9, 1999
by Ignacio Prieto Vega
Personal details
Birth name Robert Christopher Ndlovu
Born December 25, 1955
Tshongokwe
Nationality Zimbabwean
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Robert Ndlovu
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop

Robert Christopher Ndlovu was installed as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Harare on 21 August 2004.

Education and Career

Ndlovu was born on 25 December 1955 at Tshongokwe, Matabeleland, Rhodesia. He was educated at the Marist Brothers Dete in the Hwange diocese before entering the Major Seminary at Chishawasha. He was ordained a priest on 28 August 1983 at the age of 27 in Hwange, Zimbabwe.

On 9 February 1999, aged 43, he was appointed Bishop of Hwange and consecrated three months later.

Archbishop of Harare

On 10 June 2004, aged 48, he was appointed Archbishop of Harare and installed on 21 August 2004.

He has openly criticised the regime in Zimbabwe for forced evictions [1] and other human rights abuses.[2]

Archbishop Ndlovu has stated that the "role of a bishop and of the church in general is to stand up for human dignity, and from human dignity flow human rights".

He serves as Chancellor of the Zimbabwe Catholic University.[3]

He also founded the Mother Patrick Primary School at Waterfalls.

As Archbishop of Harare, Ndlovu was President of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC).[4]

In May 2011, Archbishop Ndlovu consecrated the St Bakhita Catholic centre for the disabled at Makumbi.[5]

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Archbishop of Harare
2004 -
Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Ignacio Prieto Vega
Bishop of Hwange
1999 - 2004
Succeeded by
José Antón

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