George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (born 4 February 1960) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Chipata. He was appointed by

John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

on 23 December 2002.

Early life and education

Lungu was born on 4 February 1960 at ''Zumaire'', in the Diocese of Chipata in the Eastern Province of Zambia.

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest on 29 August 1985 at

Chipata Chipata is a city and administrative centre of the Eastern Province of Zambia and Chipata District. It was declared the 5th city of the country, after Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone, by President Edgar Lungu on 24 February 2017. The cit ...

. He served as a priest in the Diocese of Chipata, until 23 December 2002.

Episcopal career

He was appointed as the Bishop of Chipata by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

, on 23 December 2002 and was installed there on 23 February 2003. He was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Orlando Antonini, Titular Archbishop of Formiae and Papal Nuncio to Zambia, assisted by

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (24 September 1931 – 29 August 2013) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Zambia's first indigenous cardinal. He was the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (1996–2006) and Bish ...

, Archbishop of Lusaka, and Bishop Telesphore George Mpundu, Bishop of Mpika. On 12 April 2018, the

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops, known before 2016 as the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) was established in 1965. The statutes of the Conference were approved by the Holy See on April 2, 1984. The ZCCB is a member of the Association of ...

(ZCCB), elected him as president of their conference. He succeeded Telesphore Mpundu, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka Archdiocese. As president of the ZCCB, he was part of the organizers of a ''Peacebuilding Workshop'' in the capital city of Lusaka, to discuss and propose solutions to the then deteriorating national economic, social and security environment in the country in November 2020.

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