The Diocese of Upper Shire is one of the four diocese in Malawi within the Church of the Province of Central Africa: [1] the current bishop is William Mchombo. [2]
The diocese was split from the Diocese of Southern Malawi and its first Bishop was Bernard Malango. Malango was succeeded by Brighton Vitta Malasa in 2008. He served until 2022 when he was excommunicated for disobeying church orders. [3] He was replaced by William Mchombo, the current Bishop who was enthroned on 18th May 2024. [4]
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The Church of the Province of Central Africa is part of the Anglican Communion, and includes 15 dioceses in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Primate of the Church is the Archbishop of Central Africa. Albert Chama is the current archbishop, being installed on 20 March 2011, succeeding Bernard Amos Malango who retired in 2007. From 1980 to 2000, Walter Khotso Makhulu, a noted Anti-Apartheid activist, was Archbishop as well as Bishop of Botswana. Archbishop Chama continues to serve as Bishop of Northern Zambia, and is the second Zambian to be Archbishop of Central Africa.
Bernard Amos Malango was a Zambian Anglican prelate. He was the Anglican Archbishop of Central Africa from 2000 to September 2006, when he retired.
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William Mchombo is a Zambian bishop in the Church of the Province of Central Africa.
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The Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola [Igreja Anglicana de Moçambique e Angola (IAMA)] is the 42nd ecclesiastical province of the world-wide Anglican Communion. Established in 2021, is the newest province to have been erected. Previously the dioceses which constitute this new province were parts of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The new province adopted its constitution and canons at a special synod, and was formally inaugurated on 24 September 2021, in an online teleconference including Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council.