AMECEA: Executive Board Members Appoint Key Office Bearers
Most Rev. Thomas Msusa, AMECEA Vice Chairman
Most Rev. Thomas Luke Msusa has been reappointed as the Vice Chairman of the Association of member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA). At the same time, Bishop chairmen for the various Departments at AMECEA Secretariat in Nairobi have also been appointed.
The appointments occurred during the first Executive Board Meeting of AMECEA since the 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly which was held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia in July 2018. The two-days meeting took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 10th to 12th October.
Speaking to AMECEA Online News after the meeting, AMECEA Chairman Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde said that all the positions have been filled according to the recommendations of the 19th AMECEA Plenary Assembly, and also the Executive Board has just responded to the substrates of what the Plenary Resolutions were all about.
Archbishop Msusa of the Archdiocese of Blantyre, Malawi is serving a second term as the Vice Chairman of AMECEA. He was first appointed to the position on 25th September 2014. Archbishop Msusa is also the Chairman of Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM).
Chairman AMECEA Pastoral
Department
The Executive Board also elected Most Rev. Ignatius Chama, Archbishop of Kasama (Zambia) as the Chairman of Pastoral department. He takes over from
Chairman AMECEA Social
Communications Department
Rt. Rev Phillip Anyolo, Bishop of Homa Bay (Kenya) who has been appointed Bishop Chairman of AMECEA Social Communications. The Position was previously held by Rt. Rev Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia) who is now the Chairman of AMECEA.
AMECEA Chairman Integral
Human Development
Department
Rt. Rev. Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Same (Tanzania), has been elected chairman of AMECEA Integral Human Development Department, previously known as AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department whose chairman was Rt. Rev. Joseph Anthony Zziwa, Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana (Uganda).
AMECEA Chairman Staffing
Committee
Bishop Zziwa has been elected Chairman of AMECEA Staffing Committee, a position previously held by Bishop Kimaryo. Most Rev Michael Didi, Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan), remains the Vice Chairman of Staffing Committee.
The executive Board also confirmed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Chimombo as the Deputy Secretary General of AMECEA. Fr. Chimombo has been acting under the same capacity since the departure of Rev. Fr. Chrisantus Ndaga who finished his contract at AMECEA and is now back to his Diocese of Mahenge, Tanzania.
Fr. Chimombo who comes from Zomba Diocese, Malawi, is the Coordinator of AMECEA Pastoral Department
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By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
