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

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2002.12.23 – ...):Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (64)Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.12.10 – ...):Bishop Gabriel Msipu Phiri (60)Bishop Gabriel Msipu Phiri (60)

Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chipata (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (64)Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (64)
(2002.12.23 – ...)

Bishop of Chipata (Zambia)

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

Priest of Chipata (Zambia) (1985.08.29 – 2002.12.23)

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)

Priest of Chipata (Zambia) (1960.09.04 – 1970.11.11)

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 (Greece) (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

Special Churches

Lusaka (↙), Kabwe (←), Mpika (β†–), Mzuzu (β†—), Lilongwe (β†’), Tete (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 69,106 kmΒ²

Population: 540,900 Catholics (22.0% of 2,454,788 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 101 priests (70 diocesan, 31 religious), 203 religious (60 brothers, 143 sisters), 35 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

Seminarians

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