Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (2010-13)
Orders
Ordination
4 September 1960
Consecration
7 February 1971 by Emmanuel Milingo, Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr., and James Corby, S.J.
Created cardinal
20 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Rank
Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
24 September 1931
Chundamira, Zambia
Died
29 August 2013(2013-08-29) (aged 81) Lusaka, Zambia
Buried
Lusaka Cathedral
Parents
Joseph Adrian Mazombwe Eugenia Phiri
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Chipata (1970-96)
President of the Zambian Episcopal Conference (1972-75; 1988-90; 1999-2002)
President of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (1979-86)
Alma mater
University of Lusaka
Ordination history of Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
History
Priestly ordination
Date
4 September 1960
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Emmanuel Milingo
Co-consecrators
Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr., and James Corboy, S.J.
Date
7 February 1971
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Medardo Joseph Mazombwe as principal consecrator
Benjamin S. Phiri
9 April 2011
Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I.
28 May 2011
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (24 September 1931 – 29 August 2013) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Zambia's first indigenous cardinal.[1]
He was the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (1996–2006)[2] and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chipata (1970–1996).
Pope Benedict XVI elevated Mazombwe to the status of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza at a consistory on 20 November 2010.[3]
He held several senior positions in the local and regional church, such as Zambia Episcopal Conference president (1972–1975; 1988–1990; 1999–2002), and as chairman of the regional conferences under Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) (1979–86). He was an ardent campaigner for Zambia's debt cancellation in the mid-1980s, through the Jubilee movement campaign and spearheaded several new developmental projects in many parts of the country including the Mumpanshya area of Chongwe.[4]
^Vatican website, Remembering Zambia’s Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, article September 12, 2020
^"Lusaka (Archdiocese)". catholic-hierarchy.org.
^David Cheney. "Medardo Joseph Mazombwe profile at catholic-hierarchy.org". catholic-hierarchy.org.
^Speroforum. "Biographical details of Vatican cardinal designates". Spero.
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