Mission of San Miguel de Mhondoro
In the rural district of Mhondoro-Ngezi, south-west of Harare, the Catholic mission of San Miguel has been a beacon of faith, teaching and charity for a century. Born from the impulse of the Jesuits of Chishawasha and an African catechist, today it belongs to the archdiocese of Harare and celebrated its centenary in 2025.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The mission began in 1913 as a station dependent on the Jesuit mission of Chishawasha; in 1922 the Zimbabwean teacher and catechist Michael Mhishi, formed by the Jesuits, established the missionary centre, and in 1925 the church and primary school were raised.
- In 2025 the mission celebrated its centenary with a great feast of faith on the grounds of its secondary school, bringing together faithful, authorities and former students from all over the country.
- The mission maintains a 103-bed hospital that serves about 149,000 people as a reference centre for a twenty rural clinics, in addition to two schools and an orphanage: faith done.
- Mons. Patrick Fani Chakaipa, the first African Catholic bishop of his country, who was Archbishop of Harare from 1976 to his death in 2003: an eloquent fruit of the Mhondoro sowing.
San Miguel de Mhondoro
The mission of San Miguel de Mhondoro, born of the Jesuit mission of Chishawasha and catechist Michael Mhishi, was a hundred years old in 2025. With his church, his schools, his orphanage and his hospital, he remains the believing heart of an entire rural district of Zimbabwe.
The Church of Zimbabwe is defended by St. Michael Archangel; Queen of the Angels, pray for his missionaries and catechists.
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