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Zambia: New Bishop for Mpika Diocese
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Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi)
18 July 2008
Posted to the web 18 July 2008
Mpika
Pope Benedict XVI yesterday appointed Fr. Ignatius Chama of the clergy of Mansa as bishop of Mpika Diocese.
The bishop-elect was born in Mutomo-Kawambwa, Zambia in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1984.
The diocese of Mpika covers an area of 120,000 sq Kilometres with a population of 480,000 of whom 118,000 are Catholics. They are served by 39 priests and 67 religious.
On the same date, the Pope accepted the resignation of Bishop Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo O.F.M. Cap from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mbanza Congo, Angola in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. No replacement for Shyongo-Ya-Hombo was announced.
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