Archdiocese of Lilongwe

• July 31, 1889: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nyassa from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika in Tanzania • February 12, 1897: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa • July 12, 1951: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Likuni • June 20, 1958: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lilongwe • April 25, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Lilongwe • February 9, 2011: Elevated to Archdiocese of Lilongwe ==Bishops==

• Vicars Apostolic of Nyassa (Roman rite) • Bishop Joseph-Marie-Stanislas Dupont, MAfr (1897.02.12 – 1911.02.28) • Bishop Mathurin Guillemé, MAfr (1911.02.24 – 1934.06.27) • Bishop Joseph Ansgarius Julien, MAfr (1934.12.10 – 1950.12.07) • Vicar Apostolic of Likuni (Roman rite) • Bishop Joseph Fady, MAfr (1951.07.10 – 1958.06.20 see below) • Vicar Apostolic of Lilongwe (Roman rite) • Bishop Joseph Fady, MAfr (see above 1958.06.20 – 1959.04.25 see below) • Bishops of Lilongwe (Roman rite) • Bishop Joseph Fady, MAfr (see above 1959.04.25 – 1972.05.06) • Bishop Patrick Augustine Kalilombe, MAfr (1972.05.06 – 1979.12.20) • Bishop Matthias A. Chimole (1979.12.20 – 1994.11.11) • Bishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (1994.11.11 – 2001.01.23), appointed Archbishop of Blantyre; later returned here as Archbishop • Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori (2001.01.23 – 2007.07.04) • Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, MAfr (2007.07.04 - 2011.02.09 see below) • Archbishops of Lilongwe (Roman rite) • Archbishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, MAfr (see above 2011.02.09 - 2013.07.03) • Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (2013.07.03 – 2020.12.14); was previously here as Bishop • Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, OCD (since 2021.10.15) Coadjutor Bishops • Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, MAfr (2006-2007) • Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye (1993-1994) Auxiliary Bishop • Stanislaus Tobias Magombo (2009-2010) • Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa (Since January 2024) ==Suffragan dioceses==

Its suffragan dioceses are: • Dedza • Karonga • Mzuzu ==Sources==