Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube

Raphael Macebo Mabuza Ncube (born 4 October 1973) is a Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe since 2021. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on 5 July 2021. He was consecrated and installed there on 30 October 2021.

Background and education He was born on 4 October 1973, at Nkayi, Matabeleland North, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

He attended Mathetshaneni Primary School in Nkayi District. For his secondary school education, he attended Nkayi High School, graduating in 1992. In 1993 he entered the Mazowe Minor Seminary at Mazowe. He then transferred to the St. Charles Lwanga Major Seminary at Chimanimani, in Manicaland Province. At Chimanimani, he studied philosophy. In 1995 he transferred to the Chishawasha Major Seminary, about east of Harare, where he completed his philosophy course in 1996. He continued with his study of theology at Chishawasha from 1997.

Later, in 2008, he graduated with a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology from the Teresianum in Rome, Italy. Still later, he obtained a Doctorate in Spiritual Theology from the same university.