Namibia: Munyika Elcin Western Diocese Bishop

25 February 2014

PASTOR Veikko Munyika was consecrated as the new bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) Western Diocese on Sunday at a ceremony presided over by Bishop Shekutamba Nambala and witnessed by scores of church members.

Munyika (61), who has been a missionary pastor, was elected during the ELCIN synod of November last year and takes over the baton from Bishop Josaphat Shanghala who has retired.

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