ZAMBIA: Bishops Laud Archbishop Mpundu’s Social Justice Promotion
Most Rev. Telesphore G. Mpundu, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, And ZCCB President
The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) has paid tribute to Most Rev. Telesphore George Mpundu, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka and President of the Conference for the valuable service rendered to the Catholic Church in Zambia, AMECEA Region and the Church universal during his Episcopate ministry that spans over thirty years.
ZCCB Vice President Rt. Rev. George Cosmas Zumaile Lungu said his contributions to the work of evangelisation, especially in the area of promoting social justice and peace has been exceptional.
“We, the Catholic Bishops in Zambia, have benefited a lot from his able leadership especially when he served as President of the Bishops’ Conference from 1993 to 1999, then 2002 to 2008 and finally from 2014 until now. We recall that he was elected at critical times when the whole country needed the moral voice from the Church in response to the pressing social, economic and political concerns that engulfed our beloved country. He guided the Conference and the Church on how to give moral guidance to the nation,” Bishop Lungu said.
Bishop Lungu added that as Archbishop Mpundu prepares to take a back-seat from the daunting task of running the Archdiocese of Lusaka and enter into another phase of his life, a life of prayerful rest and contemplation, the Catholic Bishops of Zambia wish him all the very best and God’s blessings.
He prayed that he will continue to be companion and a source of good counsel to the Bishop’ Conference’s.
Rt. Rev. Lungu, on behalf of other bishops has registered heartfelt congratulations to the Archbishop-Elect, Dr Alick Banda, who until his new appointment has been the Bishop of Ndola.
“We are confident that his experience of being a shepherd in two dioceses, namely Solwezi and Ndola, will enable him, with the help of God, to take care of his flock in the Archdiocese of Lusaka. We wish to assure him of our support and prayers as he takes up his new appointment,” he concluded.
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By Mwenya Mukuka, ZCCB Communications Officer
