Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lusaka, exterior

The Diocese of Lusaka is one of fifteen Anglican bishoprics within the

Church of the Province of Central Africa 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 archbish ...

, covering part of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. It came into being as the Diocese of

Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...

(the colonial precursor of Zambia) in 1910 and changed its name in 1971.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory'' 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976. Its seat is the

Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lusaka The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is an Anglican cathedral located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of Lusaka, Zambia, and the seat and mother church Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functi ...

. The first bishop of the new diocese was

Filemon Mataka Filemon Mataka was an Anglican bishop in Zambia in the second half of the 20th century: he was the first African bishop in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. Mataka was born in 1909 at Msoro. He was ordained deacon in 1941 and priest ...

. The current

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

David Njovu David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

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Anglicanism in Zambia Lusaka

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

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