Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu

Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1955		Born
28 Aug 1983	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hwange, Zimbabwe
9 Feb 1999	43.1	Appointed	Bishop of Hwange, Zimbabwe
9 May 1999	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Hwange, Zimbabwe
10 Jun 2004	48.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
21 Aug 2004	48.6	Installed	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
17 Feb 2016	60.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
7 Apr 2018	62.2	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
19 Jul 2022	66.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
9 Dec 2023	67.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

MicroData Summary
Robert Christopher Ndlovu
Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu
(born 25 Dec 1955)
Archbishop of Harare

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Tshongokwe
Ordained Bishop Hwange Soccer, Stadium, Hwange, Diocese of Hwange

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Harare.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †
Bishop of Wankie
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. †
Bishop Emeritus of Hwange
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Peter Paul Prabhu †
Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Numidia
Archbishop Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube
Archbishop of Bulawayo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ignacio Prieto Vega, I.E.M.E. † (1963)
Bishop Emeritus of Hwange
Archbishop Luciano Pérez Platero † (1929)
Archbishop of Burgos
Archbishop Federico Tedeschini † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Naupactus
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J. (2006)
Bishop José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. (2007)
Bishop Paul Horan, O. Carm. (2016)
Bishop Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa, C.Ss.R. (2018)
Bishop Eusebius Jelous Nyathi (2023)
Bishop Patrick Ngwenya (2026)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Munyanyi † (2006)
Archbishop Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D. (2009)
Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani † (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q555495

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,548
ab: Bollettino, 17 Feb 2016
ab: Bollettino, 19 Jul 2022

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