Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (24 September 1931 – 29 August 2013) was a Zambian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Chipata and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.

Quotes

• The living out of the Good News that is the coming of the Kingdom of justice and peace is being blocked and undermined by the economic injustices that disregard the basic conditions for human dignity and integral human development. Jesus' mission of proclaiming the Good News to the poor is our mission as Church and therefore we must necessarily address the conditions within which the poor are greatly suffering.
  • Bishop Medardo Joseph MAZOMBWE (Bishop of Chipata, Zambia) The African Synod

• The ministry of a Bishop must help to make the world which is becoming dehumanized become Ecclesia, a people in communion and a worshipping people.
  • H.E. Most Rev. Medardo Joseph MAZOMBWE, Archbishop of Lusaka, President of the Episcopal Conference (Zambia). (8 October 2001) Press Office of the Holy See

Quotes about Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

• To me, he's a man who symbolizes what it means to be a man of service.. service for the people of God and service for the Church.
  • Moses Hamungole, Church remembers Cardinal Mazombwe (30 August 2013) Vatican Radio

• Cardinal Mazombwe was always among us in his humble way as one at our service. He was a man of conviction, a man of faith, a man of prayer.
  • George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Remembering Zambia’s Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (12 September 2020) Vatican News