ETHIOPIA: AMECEA Bishops Appoint new Secretary General and New Vice Chancellor for CUEA
AMECEA Bishiops have appointed Very Rev. Fr. Anthony Makunde of Mbeya Diocese, Tanzania as the new Secretary General of the Association. The Appointment followed an election which was held at the conclusion of 19th Plenary Assembly on the 21st July 2018 in Addis Ababa.
The announcement was made by the Outgoing Chairman H.E Berhaneyesus D. Cardinal Souraphiel, Archbishop of Addis Ababa during the closing Mass of the 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly held at the Catholic Cathedral of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Addis Ababa on 23rd July, 2018.
Fr Makunde is taking over from Very Rev Ferdinand Lugonzo of Kakamega Diocese, Kenya who served two terms as Secretary General of the Association.
His Eminence Berhaneyesus also announced the appointment of Rev. Fr. Stephen Mbugua, from Nakuru Diocese, Kenya as the new Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa – CUEA.
Rev. Fr. Mbugua takes over from Professor Justus Mbae, from Kenya who is finishing his mandate with the University as a Vice Chancellor.
By AMECEA Online News, Addis Ababa
