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Archbishop Aston Ignatius Chichester was the first archbishop of Salisbury, having served as Vicar Apostolic. Archbishop Chichester SJ founded the Chishawasha seminary and the indigenous women’s congregation in Zimbabwe, the Little Children of Our Blessed Lady (LCBL sisters).

Archbishop Chichester retired in 1956, and in 1962 in Rome while attending the second Vatican council, and was buried Rome.

The remains of Archbishop Chichester were later brought to Zimbabwe in March 2009.

Archbishop of Salisbury Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) from 1956 to 1976 when he retired as Archbishop. He retired on 31st May 1976 and died on 9 August 1992. Archbishop Markall was a council father at second Vatican Council.

The Most Reverend Patrick Fani Chakaipa (25 June 1932 – 8 April 2003) was the Archbishop of Harare from 1976 until his death in 2003.

He was the first African Roman Catholic bishop in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. During his seminary years he was a keen writer and completed several books which were written in his Zezuru language. He was very instrumental in keeping the Catholic faith among Mondoroans influencing quite a substantial number of young Zezuru Mhondoroans to join the priesthood. He officiated at the swearing ceremony of Zimbabwe’s first black African leader cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe.

After his death, he was buried at Chishawasha cemetery near Harare.