Association of Bishops' Conferences of East Africa
The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) is the association of the Bishops' Conferences of East Africa and their coordinating body for the Catholic dioceses .
AMECEA was founded in 1961. The founding president was the Archbishop of Lusaka Adam Cardinal Kozłowiecki SJ . It is one of ten members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) .
Members of the AMECEA are the episcopal conferences of countries Ethiopia (1979), Sudan (1979), Kenya (1961), Malawi (1961), Zambia (1961), Tanzania (1961), Uganda (1961) and Eritrea (1993). - Somalia (1995) and Djibouti (2002) have observer status.
The current chairman is Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , Archbishop of Lilongwe and chairman of the Bishops' Conference of Malawi; his deputy is John Cardinal Njue , Archbishop of Nairobi and Chairman of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference.
Members of the Episcopal Conference
Elected members
- Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , Malawi, chaired
- Bishop Kidane Yebio Eritrea
- Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin , Ethiopia
- Bishop Philip Sulumeti , Kenya
- Bishop Isaac Amani , Tanzania
- Bishop Daniel Adwok , Sudan
- Bishop Joseph M. Zuza , Malawi
- Bishop Emmanuel Obbo , Uganda
- Father Pius Rutechura , General Secretary
Born members
- Polycarp Cardinal Pengo , Tanzania
- Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala , Uganda
- Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako , Sudan
- John Cardinal Njue , Kenya
Chairperson
- Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa , Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (1970–1974)
- James Odongo , Bishop of Tororo (1974–1979)
- Medardo Joseph Mazombwe , Bishop of Chipata (1979–1986)
- Dennis Harold De Jong , Bishop of Ndola (1986–1989)
- Nicodemus Kirima , Archbishop of Nyeri (1989–1997)
- Josaphat Louis Lebulu , Archbishop of Arusha (1997-2008)
- Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye , Archbishop of Lilongwe (since 2008)