MALAWI: Cardinal Filoni arrives for a 5-Day Pastoral visit in the country
By Prince Henderson-ECM Communications Officer
The Vice-President of Malawi, Honorable Saulosi Chilima will represent President Arthur Peter Mutharika at the consecration ceremony.
On Sunday, Cardinal Filoni will lead in a Eucharistic celebration at St. Patrick’s Parish in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe at 5pm and on Monday morning hours he will celebrate the Eucharistic at the Monastery of the Poor Clares before visiting Children at Missionary Sisters of Charity (Sisters of St. Tereza of Calcutta) in Kawale. From Malawi, he will proceed to Zambia through Kamuzu International Airport.
The Holy Father Pope Francis named the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Filoni, as his special envoy at the consecration of St Joseph the worker Cathedral of the Diocese of Karonga.
The Diocese of Karonga is one of the eight dioceses in Malawi. It was created on 21 July 2010 and officially inaugurated on 20 November 2010. On the same day, Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka was ordained as the first Bishop of the diocese.
Karonga Diocese is divided into two deaneries which are subdivided into six parishes. The diocese covers the geographical districts of Karonga and Chitipa including the northern part of Rumphi. It has an area of 12 000 Square Kilometres with a population of 467 000 of whom about 65 000 are Catholics.
