Peter Adrian Chifukwa
Peter Adrian Chifukwa, 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 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.