Clement Mulenga

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Clement Mulenga, S.D.B.
Bishop
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Kabwe
Appointed29 October 2011
PredecessorNone
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination25 August 1998
Consecration17 December 2011
by  Telesphore George Mpundu
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Clement Mulenga

(1965-08-15) August 15, 1965 (age 59)
Dismashi, Archdiocese of Kasana, Zambia
Styles of
Clement Mulenga
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop

Clement Mulenga (born 15 August 1965) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Kabwe. He was appointed Bishop of Kabwe on 29 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. [1]

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Background and education

He was born on 15 August 1965, in the village of Dismashi in the Archdiocese of Kasama, Zambia. He attended primary school and middle school in his home area. He completed high school in Luwingu, Luwingu District, in the Northern Province of Zambia. While there, he joined the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco. From 2001 until 2004 he studied at the Pontifical Salesian University, in Rome, graduating with a Licentiate in Youth Ministry and Catechesis. [1] [2]

Priesthood

He took his perpetual vows as a Salesian of Don Bosco on 25 August 1996, in Nairobi, Kenya. He was ordained a priest on 25 August 1998. He served as a priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco until 29 October 2011. [1] [2]

While he was priest he held the following offices: [2]

As bishop

On 29 October 2011 Pope Benedict XVI created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabwe out of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mpika and the Archdiocese of Lusaka, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of Lusaka. On the same day, the Pope appointed Father Clement Mulenga as the pioneer bishop to lead the new diocese. Father Mulenga received episcopal consecration on 17 December 2011 at the hands of Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, Archbishop of Lusaka, assisted by Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka and Bishop Ignatius Chama, Bishop of Mpika. [1] [2]

In 2018, Bishop Mulenga served as the chairman of the National Pastoral Commission for the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 David M. Cheney (25 February 2024). "MicroData Summary for Bishop Clement Mulenga S.D.B. (born 15 August 1965), Bishop of Kabwe". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Kansas City. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Agenzia Fides (31 October 2011). "Africa/Zambia: Erection of the Diocese of Kabwe and appointment of the first Bishop". Agenzia Fides . Vatican City. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. Mwenya Mukuka (2 November 2018). "Zambia: Catholics Must Pray and Be Corrupt-Free: Bishop Mulenga, SDB". Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
None (Diocese created)
Bishop of Diocese of Kabwe
Since 17 December 2011
Succeeded by