Lilongwe archbishop Ziyaye dies
Roman Catholic Archbishop for Lilongwe Diocese, Tarcisius Gervasio Ziyaye has died.
Ziyaye died on Monday morning, the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) said in a statement.
“Archbishop Ziyaye has passed on in the early hours of today, 14th December 2020 in Namibia where he was receiving medical treatment,” the statement issued by ECM secretary general Fr Henry Saindi said.
A Catholic member in Lilongwe told Nyasa Times on Monday: “We have lost a great and gentle servant of the Catholic Church . Ziyaye will be greatly missed by all of us.”
Archbishop Ziyaye, aged 67, was named an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Dedza by the late Pope John Paul II on November 26, 1991. He was consecrated and installed as Auxiliary Bishop on May 23, 1992.
Ziyaye was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi by Pope John Paul II on May 4, 1993. He succeeded as Bishop of Lilongwe on November 11, 1994.
In 2000, he became the President of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi. He was named Metropolitan Archbishop of Blantyre by Pope John Paul II on January 23, 2001.
Ziyaye became the President of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) in July 2008.
Catholic is an influential church in Malawi.
The death of Arch Bishop T. Ziyaye is a great loss to the Catholic Community both locally and globally. Personally I could see more than a human being in Arch Bishop Ziyaye. Iam completely speechless. The heaven has gained.
Rest in Eternal Peace our beloved Bishop
Condolences to the Malawi Catholic family, this is a great loss. May His Soul Rest In Eternal Peace.
May his soul rest in peace. He has finished the work of the Lord. Condolence from Tanzania
Bye bye our dear friend and teacher you will be rememberd for the guidance you gave us in some of the most difficult times RIP
Very saddening news of the demise of our Bishop, may his soul rest in eternal peace.
Waiting for a statement from UTM and the pseudo Samuel called by Ziyaye.
Oooh, Toto moyo uja ndiye ndiameneyutu agogo,. Bon voyage agogo disappear agogo disappear agogo!
MHSRIEP
Regrettably, the year 2020 has seen the loss of some lives in our Catholic Church.
We have lost nuns and priests.Today, this is another big blow to the church.However,we should invoke the Holy Spiritus through our Heavenly High Judge-Lord Jesus Christ to be with us.
May his soul rest in peace
May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace.
May His Soul Rest in God’s Eternal Peace. So sad
We mourn the passing of our Bishop. This is a big loss. Some of the so called men of God are thieves and are simply after money. The Catholic Church plays a big role towards the development of Malawi. They came with them schools and hospitals unlike the prophets who have nothing to show except expensive cars and houses bought with stolen money. Rest in Peace Arch Bishop Ziyaye.
The best schools which can at least accommodate a middle class student in Malawi are run by Roman Catholic. Bravo RC leadership!!
Deus proteja a sua ALMA e perdoa todos os seus pecados e descanse na paz de Deus
Sad we will miss his services especially when he says “kudzipereka kwa toto moyo” may his soul rest in Peace
It is sad that he is gone.May soul rest in peace, however, i am very disappointed that the church acted like DPP on the demise of late Bingu.
You mean Webster Thom or Daniel Phiri?
Find the name registered with Church and that’s the one that would have been recognized.
Bingu was a Catholic the Catholic Church had to officiate his funeral despite the fact that there were issues that you personally thought Bingu had wronged you. For our beloved Bishop we simply pray for his eternal rest. Never ever soil any funeral officiation by any church with dirty politics at that point the deceased have no role in any that revolves around them
Awuse ndi mtendere.Khongelesi party and the RC church have lost a staunch devotee. Requiescat in pace Signore Archvescovo
What has this got to do with Congress Party? The Bishops are the ones that helped the thieves udf and dpp accidentally come to power. The same Bishops relentlessly spoke against injustice and corruption by udf and dpp.
May his soul rest in peace. Will miss you.
Three days ago the church said he was slightly unwell. Malawians why don’t you say the truth, whole truth.
what is your argument?
Peaple can die any time even they feel like doing better
Iwe Seven. Nde munthu wa slightly unwell sangamwalire?? Osamayankhula choncho pagulu please.
Kulankhula mopusa! What’s your problem?
Heeee! Biiiig lost, unbelivable story, mmmmm so sad, May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace. Ambuye Ziyaye muuse mu mtendere. Amen.
Church limayendesa za Thupi ndi Nzimu. Osati zovala zonga ngati umo muganizira inu!