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The Catholic Church in Zambia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The 2010 census found that 75.3% of Zambians were Protestant and 20.2% were other Christians (mainly Catholic ); this amounted to over about three million Catholics in the country.
Ignatius Chama (born 12 August 1957) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who is the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kasama. He was appointed Archbishop of Kasama on 12 January 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. [1]
Father Edwin Mwansa Mulandu was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Mpika on 24 April 2021 and received episcopal consecration at Child Jesus Cathedral, Lusaka, Archdiocese of Lusaka on 3 July 2021 at the hands of Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone, titular archbishop of Motula and papal nucio, assisted by Archbishop Ignatius Chama, archbishop of Kasama and Archbishop Alick Banda, archbishop of Lusaka.
Traditional Zambian instruments include a variety of membranophones, [2] both stick-struck and hand-struck. Drums are essential for most traditional dances. Ngoma is the generic central Bantu term for drum but Zambian drums come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and purposes and have specific names depending on their tribal origins and functional roles.
Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (30 Nov 1996 - 28 Oct 2006 Retired), also President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (1999 – 2002); previously Bishop of Chipata (Zambia) (1970.11.11 – 1996.11.30), President of Zambia Episcopal Conference (1972 – 1975 & 1988 – 1990), President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern ...
Even in current-day Zambia, the Catholic Church alone is running 15 hospitals, 28 health centres, 54 home based care institutions. [20] The provision of healthcare had a twofold motivation. Firstly, there was the concern driven by Biblical principles of care for the incapacitated.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika (Latin: Mpikaën(sis)) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kasama, also in Zambia. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker , in the city of Mpika .
Download QR code; Print/export ... The Roman Catholic Church in Zambia is composed of three ecclesiastical provinces and 9 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses ...