Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.

Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Nov 1968		Born
1991²	22.1	Professed	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
15 Aug 1995	26.7	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
13 Apr 1996	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
15 Oct 2015	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
30 Jan 2016	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
15 Oct 2021	52.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
27 Nov 2021	53.0	Installed	Archbishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
29 Nov 2021	53.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Zomba, Malawi
12 Aug 2023	54.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Zomba, Malawi

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for George Desmond Tambala
(WikiData: Q22338197)
Archbishop George Desmond Tambala O.C.D. (born 11 Nov 1968) Archbishop of Lilongwe

Event Place
Birth Place Zomba, Diocese of Zomba
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Zomba Catholic Secondary School, Zomba, Diocese of Zomba

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Lilongwe.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Julio Murat
Titular Archbishop of Orange
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.
Archbishop of Blantyre
Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye †
Archbishop of Lilongwe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Julio Murat (2012)
Titular Archbishop of Orange
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Alfred Mateyu Chaima (2023)
Bishop Vincent Frederick Mwakhwawa (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Adrian Chifukwa (2021)
Bishop Yohane Suzgo Nyirenda (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zomba, Diocese of Zomba
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Zomba Catholic Secondary School, Zomba, Diocese of Zomba

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Oct 2015
ob: CB, 13 Nov 2015
c2+: CB, 31 Jan 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 226, Number 18,803
ab: Bollettino, 15 Oct 2021
i: AM, 7 Nov 2021
aadm: CB, 5 Jun 2023

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