Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference
The country's Catholic bishops met in the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, ZCBC), established by the Holy See on October 1, 1969. The statutes of the Conference were approved on March 25, 1981.
The ZCBC is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
The primary objective of the ZCBC to promote solidarity among the bishops of Zimbabwe, and promotion of self-sufficiency among each of the dioceses.
List of Presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1970-1972: Donal Raymond Lamont, Bishop of Mutare
1972-1974: Aloysius Haene, Bishop of Gweru
1974-1975: Ignacio Prieto Vega, Bishop of Hwange
1975-1977: Ernst Heinrich Karlen, Archbishop of Bulawayo
1977-1984: Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Archbishop of Harare
1984-1987: Wunganayi Chiginya Tobias, Bishop of Gweru
1987-1990: Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of Mutare
1990-1994: Helmut Reckter, Bishop of Chinhoyi
1994-1998: Francis Xavier Mugadzi, Bishop of Gweru
1998-2002: Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of Mutare
2002-2006: Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of Masvingo
2006-2011: Robert Christopher Ndlovu, Archbishop of Harare
2011 - ... : Ángel Martínez Floro, Bishop of Gokwe
References
External links
- http://www.zcbc.co.zw/
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/ZW.htm
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/zw.html [self-published]