Mater Dei Hospital - Bulawayo

Mater Dei Hospital (MDH), also known simply as Mater Dei, is an Christian hospital established in 1953, it provides health services and specialist services. It is a Private hospital located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Mater Dei Hospital is owned and operated by a Board of Trustees which include the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood.A Catholic Congregation or group which serves developing countries.


It all began with the Four Sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of the Devine Motherhood. When the four Sisters came, they found just heaps of sand and brick, while construction took shape they would visit City Hospitals to tend the sick; Their home was with Dominicans in Lobengula Street Whose hospitality and care you simply couldn’t bear. In Bishop Schmidt who welcomed  

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them, they found a friend so dear; The Clergy too, by word and deed, were helpful and sincere through all the years and changing times their service would not cease. Bishop Pius ministered God’s Justice, Love and Peace.