Cathedral of San Pedro de Mzuzu
The cathedral of the diocese of Mzuzu in northern Malawi is not dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary but to St. Peter the Apostle. It is the mother church of a young and living diocese, born of the work of the Missionaries of Africa and now home to more than 700,000 Catholics.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The parish of San Pedro de Mzuzu was founded in 1955, in the years when the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) sowed faith in the north of the country.
- The local Church was born on May 8, 1947 as the Apostolic prefecture of North Nyasa and was raised to the diocese of Mzuzu on January 17, 1961, with white father Jean- Louis Jobidon as the first bishop.
- The community has flourished: today, the diocese has some 730,500 Catholics - about 39% of the population - spread over 19 parishes, and the parish itself brings together thousands of faithful with a dozen subsidiary chapels.
- In this cathedral, the remembered Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza, who died in an accident on January 15, 2015, was fired and installed in 2025, Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda, a new pastor of the diocese.
Saint Peter the Apostle
The Cathedral of St. Peter is the heart of the diocese of Mzuzu, the fruit of the planting of the White Fathers in northern Malawi. A young and growing Church that entrusts its way to the Apostle Peter, rock of faith.
In the faith, he confirms the Church of Malawi; St. Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
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