Diocesan Office
biography of Gokwe
since 24 February 2017
Rev. Fr. Benjamin Moyo was born on 27 April 1983 in Zimbabwe. He grew up within a Christian family environment that nurtured his faith and vocation to priesthood. After completing his philosophical and theological formation he was ordained a priest on 20 July 2013 by Bishop Angelo Floro Martinez for the Diocese of Gokwe. During his ministry he served as Secretary to the Bishop and later as Projects Director of the Diocese of Gokwe. In this role he helped coordinate development projects and initiatives aimed at improving the welfare of communities within the diocese.
Beyond the diocese, he serves on the Anglican Consultative Council and advocates for climate resilience in semi-arid regions. His pastoral letters—translated into Shona and Ndebele—are read in parishes from Gokwe centre to the border of Lake Kariba.
biography Martin frequently speaks of a "self-sustaining, spiritually deep church". Under his leadership, the diocese has invested in poultry projects, a small press for prayer books in local languages, and a scholarship fund for ordinands from remote villages. He continues to confirm hundreds of candidates each year, travelling by rugged dirt roads.
His biography would be incomplete without mention of his family: his wife Alice (a teacher) and their four children remain actively involved in parish life. The biography often jokes that his "real education" came from listening to grandmothers under msasa trees.