Harare — POPE Benedict XV1 has appointed Father Dieter Scholz, a Jesuit priest, as the new bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chinhoyi. The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference secretary ...

Father Dieter Scholz SJ, aged 67, succeeds the late Bishop Helmut Recktor as shepherd of the more than 84, 000 Catholics in Chinhoyi. The diocese, erected in 1985, has 28 priests and 94 religious.

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 February 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dieter Bernd Scholz, ...