William Mchombo is a Zambian bishop [1] in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. [2]
Mchombo was educated at the University of Zimbabwe. He was Bishop of Eastern Zambia from 2003 until 2024 when he was enthroned as Bishop of the Diocese of Upper Shire of Malawi following the excommunication of Brighton Vitta Malasa [3] [4]
Chewa is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi and a recognised minority in Zambia and Mozambique. The noun class prefix chi- is used for languages, so the language is usually called Chichewa and Chinyanja. In Malawi, the name was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968 at the insistence of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, and this is still the name most commonly used in Malawi today. In Zambia, the language is generally known as Nyanja or Cinyanja/Chinyanja '(language) of the lake'.
Nicholas of Ely was Lord Chancellor of England, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord High Treasurer in the 13th century.
The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin.
Eadred was Bishop of Durham in around 1040. He had been the head of the cathedral chapter when Edmund the previous bishop died. Eadred is said to have taken money from the cathedral funds and purchased the office of bishop from the king. Symeon of Durham states that because of the sin of simony, Eadred died before he could be enthroned as bishop.
Simon Walton was an English clergyman who served as the Bishop of Norwich.
Henry Sandford was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Lawrence of St Martin was a medieval Bishop of Rochester.
Walter Scammel was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Henry Brandeston was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury.
Sylvester was a medieval Bishop of Worcester.
The Anglican Diocese of Mpumalanga is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Diocese of Mpumalanga, as the name suggests, spans the northern section of the South African province of Mpumalanga, while the Diocese of the Highveld covers the southern section. The diocese comprises four archdeaconries and 22 parishes.
Albert Chama is a Zambian Anglican bishop. He is the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of Central Africa, since 2011. He is married and has four children. Now Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lusaka after resigning as Bishop of Northern Zambia, according to Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross (ACHC) member Derrick Sinjela, a Photo Journalist, and Executive President of the Rainbow Newspaper Limited (RNZL) and Kwilanzi Newspaper Zambia (KNZ).
Irinej Bulović is a Serbian Orthodox cleric and the current Bishop of Bačka. He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the University of Belgrade.
Bishop Teodosije is a Serbian Bishop of Raška-Prizren within Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born in Čačak, Central Serbia.
The Diocese of Eastern Zambia is one of five Anglican dioceses in Zambia within the Church of the Province of Central Africa: the current bishop is William Mchombo.
Brighton Vitta Malasa is a Malawian who was Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire, one of the four Malawian Anglican dioceses within the Church of the Province of Central Africa. He was Bishop of Upper Shire from 2008 until 2022 when he was excommunicated from the Church by Archbishop Albert Chama of the Church of the Province of Central Africa.
Dibo Thomas-Babyngton Elango is an Anglican bishop in Cameroon. He is the current Bishop of Cameroon.
The Anglican Diocese of Okrika is one of ten within the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria.
Anglican Diocese of Ajayi Crowther is one of 17 dioceses within the Anglican Province of Ibadan, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is Collins Babalola who was consecrated by Primate Henry Ndukuba on 27th August, 2023 and enthroned by Archbishop Adeoye of Ibadan province and other bishops.
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.