MALAWI: ECM gets New Secretary General

The
Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has appointed Very Rev. Dr. Henry Saindi
as the new Secretary General and the appointment is with effect from 17th
June, 2015.

 

The
42 year old Mangochi Diocese Priest replaces Fr. George Buleya, who is now the
Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA). For the past
seven months, Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo has been Acting as the Secretary General
for the ECM. 

 

In
a statement signed by Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo stated, “We have every reason to
rejoice and congratulate the new Secretary General as he assumes this demanding
but noble ministry in the Catholic Church here in Malawi. We wish him abundant
God’s blessings.” 

 

Fr.
Saindi, who was ordained Priest in 2000, was Director of Radio Maria Malawi
between 2001 and 2009. He then went to study a Bachelors Degree in Social
Sciences at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy from 2009 to
2011.

 

He
further pursued a Masters Degree in Social Sciences with
specialization in Social Communications. He has just completed his Doctorate in
Social Communications.

 

Fr.
Saindi, born on May 4, 1973, hails from Chabwera Village in the area of
Traditional Authority Liwonde in Namandanje Parish, Machinga District.