Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda


Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda
Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe
SeeMzuzu
Appointed1 April 2025
Installed3 May 2025
PredecessorJohn Alphonsus Ryan
SuccessorIncumbent
Other post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Muzuzu (5 May 2023 - 1 April 2025)
Orders
Ordination19 July 2008
Consecration5 August 2023
by John Alphonsus Ryan
Personal details
Born
Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda

(1976-06-20) 20 June 1976
Wozi, Mzimba District, Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi

Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (born 20 June 1976) is a Malawian prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu, Malawi since 1 April 2025. Before that, from 5 May 2023 until 1 April 2025, he was Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Mzuzu. He was appointed as bishop by Pope Francis. He was installed at Mzuzu as auxiliary bishop and as Titular Bishop of Catrum, on 5 August 2023 by the hands of Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan, Bishop of Mzuzu. On 1 April 2025, The Holy Father appointed him to succeed Bishop Bishop John Alphonsus Ryan who resigned as the Local Ordinary of Mzuzu Diocese. Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda was installed as Bishop of Mzuzu on 3 May 2025.