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Diocese of

Chipata

Zambia Zambia

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chipata / Chipaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lusaka

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2002.12.23 – ...):Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (63)Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.12.10 – ...):Bishop Gabriel Msipu Phiri (58)Bishop Gabriel Msipu Phiri (58)

Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chipata (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (63)Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (63)
(2002.12.23 – ...)

Bishop of Chipata (Zambia)

Born:1960.02.04 (Zumaire, Zambia)
Ordained Priest:1985.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:2003.02.23

Bishop of Chipata (Zambia) (2002.12.23 – ...)

President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (2008.02 – 2013)

Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (2017.11.11 – 2018.04.12)

President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (2018.04.12 – 2021.05.04)

Bishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (later Cardinal)
(1970.11.11 – 1996.11.30)

Ut salutem consequantor

Born:1931.09.24 (Chundamira, Zambia)
Ordained Priest:1960.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:1971.02.07
Created Cardinal:2010.11.20
Died:2013.08.29 (Lusaka, Zambia † 81)

Bishop of Chipata (Zambia) (1970.11.11 – 1996.11.30)

President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (1972 – 1975)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (1979 – 1986)

President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (1988 – 1990)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia) (1996.11.30 – 2006.10.28)

President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (1999 – 2002)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (2010.11.20 [2011.03.26] – 2013.08.29)

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr.
(1968.04.15 – 1970.11.11)

Born:1913.03.06 (Saint-Pie-de-Bagot, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1939.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1953.09.21
Died:1999.11.03 († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia) (1947.03.07 – 1953.05.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Carystus (1953.05.07 – 1959.04.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia) (1953.05.07 – 1959.04.25)

Bishop of Fort Jameson (Zambia) (1959.04.25 – 1968.04.15)

Bishop of Chipata (Zambia) (1968.04.15 – 1970.11.11)

Bishops of Fort Jameson (Roman Rite)

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr.
(1959.04.25 – 1968.04.15)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Roman Rite)

Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr.
(1953.05.07 – 1959.04.25)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Roman Rite)

Fr. Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1947.03.07 – 1953.05.07)

(see above)

Fr. Fernand Martin, M. Afr.
(Apostolic Administrator 1946 – 1947.03.07)

Fr. Fernand Martin, M. Afr.
(1937.12.17 – 1946)

Born:1897.09.13 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1920
Died:1964.07.02 († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of Fort Jameson (Zambia) (1937.12.17 – 1946)

Apostolic Administrator of Fort Jameson (Zambia) (1946 – 1947.03.07)

Former Prelates

Statistics

Area: 69,106 km²

Population: 496,660 Catholics (22.0% of 2,254,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 36 parishes, 96 priests (65 diocesan, 31 religious), 211 lay religious (74 brothers, 137 sisters), 40 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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