Bishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Jun 1939		Born
24 Aug 1968	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salisbury, Zimbabwe
5 Nov 1981	42.3	Appointed	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe
21 Feb 1982	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe
28 May 2016	76.9	Retired	Bishop of Mutare, Zimbabwe
8 Jan 2024	84.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mutare, Zimbabwe

MicroData Summary
Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa
Bishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa
(born 21 Jun 1939, died 8 Jan 2024)
Bishop Emeritus of Mutare

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

Event Place
Birth Place Wedza, Vicariate Apostolic of Salisbury
Ordained Priest Mount St. Mary’s Mission, Wedza, Archdiocese of Salisbury
Ordained Bishop Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Umtali, Diocese of Umtali
Death Place Murambi Gardens Clinic, Mutare, Diocese of Mutare

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 41.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Francis William Markall, S.J. †
Archbishop of Salisbury
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. †
Bishop Emeritus of Umtali
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Patrick Fani Chakaipa †
Archbishop of Salisbury
Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †
Bishop of Gwelo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Donal Raymond Lamont, O. Carm. † (1957)
Bishop Emeritus of Umtali
Archbishop Celestine Joseph Damiano † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Burke † (1943)
Bishop of Buffalo, New York
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Horan, O. Carm. (2016)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1488143

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 May 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 73, Number 5,852
d: CB, 8 Jan 2024

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