Chishawasha

{{Short description|Roman Catholic Jesuit mission in Zimbabwe}}

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Chishawasha is the name of a Roman Catholic Jesuit mission located about 25 km east of Harare, Zimbabwe. The mission was founded by the Jesuit priest Father Francis Richartz in 1892 on a large farm.Chengetai J.M. Zvobgo. A History of Zimbabwe, 1890-2000 and Postscript, Zimbabwe, 2001-2008, p.30. The mission has 3 schools - Chishawasha Primary School, a secondary school for girls called St Dominic's' Chishawasha as well as a mostly-boys school called St. Ignatius College. There is a Regional Major Seminary for diocesan priests from Zimbabwe and Botswana,[http://www.chishawashamission.org/ Mission. Accessed 1 April 2016.] and Silveira House, a Jesuit centre for religious training and education, is also located there.