MALAWI: AMECEA Mourns the Death of ECM Chairman Bishop Joseph Zuza

AMECEA
is mourning the death of the Chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi
(ECM) Rt Rev Joseph Mukasa  Zuza that
happened on 15 January 2015 in Malawi.

 

Information
received from Catholic Secretariat in Malawi said Bishop Zuza was involved in a
road accident at Chikangawa (near Mzuzu) and passed on at Saint John Hospital
on 15th January 2015.  

 

The
Requiem mass which will be presided by the Most Rev. Archbishop Julio Murat,
the Apostolic Nuncio for Malawi and Zambia for his repose, shall be held on
Monday, 19th January 2015, at St Peters Cathedral in Mzuzu, starting from 10.00
am.  

 

Bishop
Zuza was born on 22 October 1955 at Malembo Village, T.A. Chief Mbelwa, Mzimba
District; ordained priest on 25 July 1982; appointed Bishop of Mzuzu on 9th
March 1995 and consecrated on 6th May 1995. 

 

Bishop
Zuza has held several positions in the Church on local and regional (AMECEA)
level. On local level, he once served as Vice Chairman of ECM; Chairman for
Justice and Peace Commission (CCJP); Chairman for Education Commission;
Chairman for the Mixed Commission. On regional level he once served as Malawi
Delegate in the AMECEA Executive Board;
(2008 – 2011).

 

Right Rev. Joseph Mukasa Zuza has died while serving as Chancellor
of the Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA). On Saturday, 10th January,
Bishop Zuza inaugurated the Jubilee Year for Kachebere Major Seminary.  

 

AMECEA
and the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) shall remember him as a Bishop who
was kind-hearted, cheerful and always available to everyone. 

 

Several
Media in Malawi reported the death of Bishop Zuza describing him as a
courageous person who thirst for justice and protection of the marginalized, slamming
the roots of the socio-economic problems of the country.

 

May
the Soul of Right Rev. Joseph Mukasa Zuza Rest in Eternal Peace. AMEN