Bishop Martin Anwell Mtumbuka has appointed Reverend Father Laurent Chogawana Dziko as the Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga.
Father Dziko replaces Denis Solomon Chitete who died last year while serving as Monsignor of the Diocese.
The appointment has been confirmed in a statement made available to faceofmalawi.
“Following the passing of Mons. Denis Solomon Chitete, who until his death was the Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga, after prayerful reflection, His Lordship Rt. Rev. Martin Anwel Mtumbuka has appointed Rev. Fr. Laurent Chogawana Dziko as the Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga,” reads in part the statement.
Chogawana Dziko was born on 28th June 1968 at Kasina, in Dedza District. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Dedza on 14th September 2002 at Mua Parish. The late Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Kanyama sent him to the Diocese of Karonga as a Fidei Donum priest on 18th May 2012. Since then, Mons. Lorent Chogawana Dziko has served in various parishes such as St. Anne’s, St. Mary’s, St. Steven’s, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and currently he is the Parish Priest of St. John Paul II Parish and Moderator of St. Elijah Sub-Parish.
He is also the Member of the College of Consultors, the Chairperson of the Diocesan Pastoral Commission, the Dean of Kapoka Deanery, the Diocesan Lay Apostolate Chaplain, the Diocesan Chaplain of the Kolping Society, and the Chairperson of the Diocesan Events Committee.
