Adrian Mung'andu
| Adrian Mung'andu | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Lusaka | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Lusaka |
| In office | 9 January 1984 – 30 November 1996 |
| Predecessor | Emmanuel Milingo |
| Successor | Medardo Joseph Mazombwe |
| Previous post | Bishop of Livingstone (1974-1984) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 October 1950 |
| Consecration | 9 February 1975 by Luciano Angeloni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1923 Kasisi (northeast of Lusaka), Northern Rhodesia, British Empire |
| Died | 25 June 2007 (aged 83–84) |
Adrian Mung'andu (c. 1923 – 25 June 2007) was the Catholic archbishop of Lusaka between 1984 and 1996.[1]
Mung'andu was born in Kasisi, Chongwe District, around 1923 and went to primary school there. He went to secondary school in Chikuni where he also studied to be a teacher. In 1943, he went to the seminary at Chishawasha in Zimbabwe[1] being ordained as a priest in 1950.[2]
During the 1950s and early 1960s, Mung'andu worked as a parish priest and as a principal of the Kasisi Boys School. He was made Vicar-General of Lusaka in 1963 before being moved to a parish in Livingstone in 1969. Pope Paul VI appointed him as Bishop of Livingstone in 1975 before Pope John Paul II promoted him in 1984.[1]