Type: | bishop |
Raymond Mupandasekwa | |
Bishop of Chinhoyi | |
Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare |
Province: | Mashonaland West Province |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Chinhoyi |
Ordination: | 4 August 2001 |
Consecration: | 7 April 2018 |
Consecrated By: | Robert Ndlovu |
Birth Name: | Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1970 |
Birth Place: | Masvingo |
Nationality: | Zimbabwean |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Parents: | Roswitta Madzima (mother) Fabian Mupandasekwa (father) |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend Dr. |
Raymond Tapiwa Mupandasekwa (born 28 April 1970) was ordained as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chinhoyi on 7 April 2018 and later installated as the Bishop of Masvingo Diocese on 09 December 2023, taking over from Bishop Emeritus Michael Dixon Bhasera who was at the helm of the Diocese since its inception.[1] He is the first black bishop of Masvingo Diocese. The first black African Redemptorist bishop in Zimbabwe, Africa and the whole Congregation of the Redemptorists.