Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference The Holy See established the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC), on October 1, 1969, known then as the Rhodesia Catholic Bishops' Conference. The statutes of the Conference were approved on March 25, 1981. The ZCBC is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The primary objective of the ZCBC is to promote solidarity among the Bishops of Zimbabwe, and promotion of Fr. Fradereck Chiromba ZCBC Secretary General self-sufficiency among each of the Dioceses. The following were Presidents of the ZCBC since its establishment: 1. Donal Lamont, Bishop of Umtali (1970–1972) 2. Aloysius Haene, Bishop of Gwelo (1972–1974) 3. Ignacio Prieto Vega, Bishop of Wankie (1974–1975) 4. Ernst Heinrich Karlen, Archbishop of Bulawayo (1975–1977) 5. Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Archbishop of Harare (1977–1984) 6. Wunganayi Chiginya Tobias, Bishop of Gweru (1984–1987) 7. Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of Mutare (1987–1990) 8. Helmut Reckter, Bishop of Chinhoyi (1990–1994) 9. Francis Xavier Mugadzi, Bishop of Gweru (1994–1998) 10. Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, Bishop of Mutare (1998–2002) 11. Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of Masvingo (2002–2006) 12. Robert Ndlovu, Archbishop of Harare (2006–2011) 13.Ángel Floro Martínez, Bishop of Gokwe (2011–2014) 14. Michael Dixon Bhasera, Bishop of Masvingo (2014–2018) 15. Robert C. Ndlovu, Archbishop of Harare (2018-present) 1