Peter Adrian Chifukwa

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Peter Adrian Chifukwa
Bishop of Dedza
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Lilongwe
See	Dedza
Appointed	8 May 2021
Installed	28 August 2021
Predecessor	Emmanuel Cosmas Kanyama
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	12 June 2004
Consecration	28 August 2021 by Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Peter Adrian Chifukwa (1973-08-27) 27 August 1973 (age 51) Msampha Village, Diocese of Lilongwe, Malawi
Motto	“I am the way the truth and the life”

Styles of Peter Adrian Chifukwa

Reference style
Religious style	Bishop

Peter Adrian Chifukwa (born 27 August 1973), is a Roman Catholic prelate in Malawi, who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza. He was appointed as bishop by Pope Francis on 8 May 2021.

Early life and education

He was born on 27 August 1973 in Msampha Village, Dedza District, in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe. He attended primary schools in his home area. From 1991 until 1994, he attended Mchisu Community Day Secondary School, for his his secondary school education.

He studied philosophy at St. Anthony Major Seminary, in Kachebere, Mchinji District, starting in September 1994. In 1997 he transferred to St. Peters Major Seminary, in Zomba where he studied Theology. He also holds a Licentiate of Canon Law awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya in 2010.

Priesthood

He was ordained a deacon on 12 January 2004 at Dedza by Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, Bishop of Dedza. Bishop Rémi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie ordained him a priest at Bembeke Cathedral in Dedza on 12 June 2004.

Father Peter Adrian Chifukwa served in various roles as a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza. Those roles included:

Assistant Parish priest at Dedza Parish from 2004 until 2005
Parish priest of Ganya Parish, Kande from 2005 until 2007
Bishop's Secretary at Dedza from 2010 until 2011
Rector of St Kizito Minor Seminary since 2011
Member of Bishop's counsellors Dedza Diocese
Chaplain to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary Sisters
Judicial Vicar in Dedza Diocese (Ministry that looks after marriage annulments).

As bishop

On 8 May 2021, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dedza. He was consecrated as bishop on 28 August 2021 at Dedza, by Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, Archbishop of Blantyre assisted by Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka, Bishop of Karonga and Bishop George Desmond Tambala, Bishop of Zomba. Since then he serves as the Bishop of Dedza Diocese.