Robert Ndlovu

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Robert Ndlovu
Archbishop of Harare
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Ndlovu in 2018
Archdiocese Harare
Province Harare
Appointed10 June 2004
Installed21 August 2004
Predecessor Patrick Fani Chakaipa
Other post(s) Bishop of Hwange (1999-2004)
Orders
Ordination28 August 1983
Consecration9 May 1999
by  Ignacio Prieto Vega
Personal details
Born
Robert Christopher Ndlovu

(1955-12-25) December 25, 1955 (age 67)
NationalityZimbabwean
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Robert Ndlovu
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop

Robert Christopher Ndlovu was installed as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Harare on 21 August 2004.

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Education and career

Ndlovu was born on 25 December 1955 at Tshongokwe, Matabeleland, Rhodesia. He was educated at the Marist Brothers Dete in the Hwange diocese before entering the Major Seminary at Chishawasha. He was ordained a priest on 28 August 1983 at the age of twenty-seven in Hwange, Zimbabwe. [1]

On 9 February 1999, aged forty-three, he was appointed Bishop of Hwange and consecrated three months later.

Archbishop of Harare

On 10 June 2004, aged forty-eight, Ndlovu was appointed Archbishop of Harare and installed on 21 August 2004.

Ndlovu has openly criticised the regime in Zimbabwe for forced evictions [2] and other human rights abuses. [3] He has stated that the "role of a bishop and of the church in general is to stand up for human dignity, and from human dignity flow human rights". [4] This has angered some in the government who respond that the Archbishop is sowing seeds of tribal discord. [5] In August 2020 the Papal Nuncio for Zimbabwe visited the archbishop, and expressed solidarity for his positions on the treatment of Zimbabwean citizens. [6]

Service roles

Ndlovu serves as Chancellor of the Zimbabwe Catholic University. [7] He also founded the Mother Patrick Primary School at Waterfalls.

As Archbishop of Harare, Ndlovu is President of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC). [8]

In May 2011, Ndlovu consecrated the St Bakhita Catholic centre for the disabled at Makumbi. [9]

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References

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  1. "Robert Christopher Ndlovu". Pindula. 18 August 2020.
  2. "Bishop condemns Harare evictions". BBC News. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. "Welcome to the Catholic Bishops Conference in Zimbabwe". 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.
  4. "New archbishop uses inauguration to blast Mugabe". Taipei Times. 23 August 2004. Archived from the original on 24 August 2004.
  5. "Statement by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa (Senator)" (PDF). Liverpool, United Kingdom: Bishop Eton (part of the Liverpool Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Trustees Incorporated). 15 August 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2020.
  6. Samasumo, Paul (18 August 2020). "Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe' solidarity visit to Archbishop Ndlovu". Vatican News. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020.
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  8. "The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe: Historical Note". Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011.
  9. "Catholic centre for disabled consecrated in Makumbi". Religion in Zimbabwe. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Harare
2004 -
Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Bishop of Hwange
1999 - 2004
Succeeded by