ZAMBIA: New Bishop of Livingston to be Consecrated on Saturday 3rd September
Rt. Rev. Valentine Kalumba, Bishop-Elect of Livingston
By Mwenya Mukuka, Communications Officer, ZCCB
Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) will on Saturday, 3rd September, 2016 have a new member. Bishop elect Fr. Valentine Kalumba of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) will be consecrated in Livingstone town of Zambia as Bishop OF Livingston Diocese.
In June, 2016 the Holy Father Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Valentine Kalumba as the Bishop of Livingstone taking over from retired Bishop Raymond Mpezele.
Bishop-Elect of Livingston
Msgr. Kalumba, O.M.I was ordained priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 22nd October 2005 in Lusaka.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and a Diploma in Accountancy.
Msgr. Kalumba has held many offices in the Oblates Religious Congregation as Formator (Pre-Novitiate, Lusaka), as Parish Priest (Limulunga, Kalabo), as Parochial Vicar (Kalabo, Shang’ombo in Livingstone Diocese) and as Director of Oblate Radio Liseli in Mongu Diocese.
Before his appointment as Bishop of Livingston, he was a Parish Priest at Blessed Mary Theresa in the Diocese of Kabwe .
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