James Mwewa Spaita (April 8, 1934 – November 4, 2014) was a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

archbishop, born in Bombwe. Ordained to the priesthood on September 9, 1962, Spaita was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mansa.

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

on February 28, 1974 and was ordained bishop on April 28, 1974. On December 3, 1990, Spaita was appointed archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kasama () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia. History * January 28, 1913: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyassa in ...

and retired on April 30, 2009.James Mwewa Spaita
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1934 births 2014 deaths Zambian Roman Catholic archbishops People from Southern Province, Zambia Roman Catholic bishops of Mansa Roman Catholic archbishops of Kasama {{Zambia-bio-stub