Church of the Province of Central Africa

The Church of the Province of Central Africa is a member church of the Anglican Community and extends over the Central African states of Botswana , Malawi , Zambia and Zimbabwe . The organization based in Mzuzu was founded in 1955.

The church's more than 600,000 believers live in 15 dioceses (Botswana, Central Zambia, Central Zimbabwe, East Zambia, Harare, Lake Malawi, Luapula, Lusaka, Manicaland, Masvingo, Matabeleland, North Malawi, North Zambia, South Malawi, South Malawi - Upper Shire) with 250 parishes and around 400 Priests. The Primate of the Church is the Archbishop of Central Africa, who is also one of the Diocesan Bishops.

The Church of the Province of Central Africa is a member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC). She does not practice women's ordination .

The province comprises 15 dioceses in 4 countries:

diocese	Country	bishop
Botswana	Botswana , Gaborone	Metlhayotlhe Rawlings Beleme
Central Zambia	Zambia , Ndola	Derek Kamukwamba
Central Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe , Gweru	Ignatius Makumbe
East Zambia	Zambia , Chipata	William Mchombo
Harare	Zimbabwe , Harare	Chad Nicholas Gandiya
Lake Malawi	Malawi , Lilongwe	Francis Kaulanda
Luapula	Zambia , Mansa	Robert Mumbi
Lusaka	Zambia , Lusaka	David Njovu
Manicaland	Zimbabwe , Mutare	Erick Ruwona
Masvingo	Zimbabwe , Masvingo	Godfrey Taonezvi
Matabeleland	Zimbabwe , Bulawayo	Cleophas Lunga
North Malawi	Malawi , Mzuzu	Fanuel Emmanuel Magangani
Northern Zambia	Zambia , Kitwe	Albert Chama
South Malawi	Malawi , Blantyre	Alinafe Kalemba
South Malawi - Upper Shire	Malawi , zomba	Brighton Malasa

Archbishops of Central Africa

• 1955–1957 Edward Francis Paget (Bishop of Mashonaland (now Harare))
• 1957–1961 William James Hughes (Bishop of Matabeleland)
• 1962–1970 Francis Oliver Green-Wilkinson (Bishop of Lusaka)
• 1971–1980 Donald Seymour Arden
• 1980–2000 Walter Paul Khotso Makhulu (Bishop of Botswana)
• 2000–2007 Bernard Amos Malango (Bishop of Upper Shire in Malawi)
• since 2011 Albert Chama (Bishop of North Zambia)

Web links

• Church of the Province of Central Africa Website of the Anglican Communion
• Church of the Central African Province on the WCC website