ANGLICAN-INFORMATION

Archbishop Bernard Malango of the Province of Central Africa and Bishop of Upper Shire, Malawi to retire.

Posted Wednesday 18^th April 2007

 

 

ANGLICAN.INFORMATION has received reports that Archbishop Bernard Malango is to stand down as Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Central Africa from September this year.  The Archbishop, who will reach 65 in January 2008, will also retire as Bishop of Upper Shire, Malawi in December this year.

 

Bernard Amos Malango was born in 1943, ordained priest in 1971 and consecrated Bishop of Northern Zambia on 18th December 1988.  He was appointed Archbishop of Central Africa in 2000, and was also Bishop of the newly created Upper Shire Diocese in Malawi from 2002. 

 

Archbishop Malango was educated at St John's Seminary. Lusaka and the University of Dublin.

 

He has also been  Bishop's Chaplain, Malosa,  1974-1976 Executive Secretary/Treasurer, ACLCA Malawi and 1978-1981 Convenor, Islam Project in Africa. Malawi. 

 

In latter years he has served on the Lambeth Eames Commission which produced the formative Windsor Report, and has had a high profile role in African, Global South and Anglican Communion affairs.

 

Archbishop Malango is taking a six month sabbatical and so the appointment of Bishop Trevor Mwamba takes place with immediate effect.

 

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The current Bishop of Botswana Musonda Trevor Mwamba will take over as Dean of the Province of Central Africa, with immediate effect.  This is an interim arrangement pending decisions about the future of the Central African Province. 

 

Bishop Mwamba has an impressive CV (listed below) and is clearly well–suited for his new role as Dean of the Province.

 

Bishop Trevor Mwamba was born in Mansa, Zambia. He received his degrees in Law and Theology from the University of Zambia and Oxford, England respectively. Bishop Mwamba later undertook his graduate degree in social anthropology at Keble College Oxford.

 

He trained for the priesthood at St Stephen’s House, Oxford, U.K. and was ordained deacon in 1984 at Saint Luke’s Chelsea in London and serving his curacy in the Parish of All Saints, Notting Hill before returning to Zambia where he was priested in Ndola in 1985.  As Rector of Luanshya, Bishop Mwamba also assumed the responsibilities of Vocational Director for the Diocese of Central Zambia.

 

In 1987 Bishop Mwamba was appointed Provincial Secretary of the Church of the Province of Central Africa. As Provincial Secretary he was primarily responsible for coordinating the work of the dioceses in the Province and served as Secretary to the Provincial Synod, Provincial Standing Committee and Episcopal Synod. Bishop Mwamba was created the first Provincial Canon of the Province by Episcopal Synod in 1991.

 

He also served as personal assistant and legal advisor to the then Archbishop of Central Africa, Dr. Khotso W. P. Makhulu.

 

From 1996 to 1999 Bishop Mwamba worked as assistant chaplain at Keble College, Oxford and assistant priest at Wolvercote North Oxford respectively whilst studying for his research degree.

 

On his return to Botswana in 1999, Bishop Mwamba was a non-stipendiary Priest and for five years worked as a banker as Head of Legal and Compliance, Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary at Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited.  He was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Botswana in 2002 and consecrated Bishop of Botswana on 6th February 2005.

 

Bishop Mwamba has sat and continues to sit on numerous boards such as Transparency International (Botswana), and the Botswana Human Rights Centre (Ditshwanelo). Bishop Mwamba has also drafted constitutions for the Botswana Council of Churches and Young Women’s Christian Fellowship. 

 

He is married to Mmasekgoa and they have three children.