Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

Motto: Unless A Grain Falls

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1947		Born
17 Dec 1972	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mbala, Zambia
7 Mar 1987	39.7	Appointed	Bishop of Mbala, Zambia
21 Jun 1987	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mbala, Zambia
1 Oct 2004	57.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
28 Oct 2006	59.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
30 Jan 2018	70.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia
19 Mar 2024	76.8	Excommunicated
15 May 2026	78.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia

MicroData Summary
Telesphore George Mpundu
Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu
(born 21 May 1947, died 15 May 2026)
Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka

Ad Limina - October 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kopeka, Vicariate Apostolic of Lwangwa
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Mbala, Diocese of Mbala
Death Place Maina Soko Medical Centre, Lusaka, Archdiocese of Lusaka

a priest for 53.4 years
a bishop for 38.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †
Bishop Emeritus of Mbala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Elias White Mutale †
Archbishop of Kasama
Archbishop Adrian Mung’andu †
Archbishop of Lusaka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † (1959)
Bishop Emeritus of Mbala
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Clement Mulenga, S.D.B. (2011)
[SSF Bishop Anthony D. Ward], S.S.F. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Noel Charles O’Regan, S.M.A. (1995)
Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (2003)
Archbishop Alick Banda (2007)
Bishop Evans Chinyama Chinyemba, O.M.I. (2011)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kopeka, Vicariate Apostolic of Lwangwa
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Mbala, Diocese of Mbala
Death Place	Maina Soko Medical Centre, Lusaka, Archdiocese of Lusaka

External Link(s):

VIAF: 279170588
WikiData: Q555501

Source(s):

s: Bollettino, 28 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 105, Number 9,150
r: Bollettino, 30 Jan 2018
xcom/bpd/opd: CB, 22 Nov 2025
d: CB, 15 May 2026

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