Moses Hamungole (1 May 1967 – 13 January 2021) was a Zambian prelate of the

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who was bishop of

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and ordained to the priesthood on 6 August 1994. He was head of the English Africa section of the Rome-based Vatican Radio from 2010 to 2014.

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appointed him bishop of Monze on 10 February 2014 and he received his episcopal consecration on 3 May from his predecessor Bishop

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. He died of

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during the

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in 2021.

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