Albert Chama

Albert Chama is a Zambian Anglican bishop. He is the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of Central Africa, since 2011. He is married and has four children.

Early life and ecclesiastical career

He was born in Northern Rhodesia and studied at the University of Zimbabwe. He worked in the ceramics industry before he decided to study for the ministry at Bishop Gaul Theological College, in Harare, Zimbabwe. He moved to England, where he studied at the University of Birmingham, where he received a M.A. degree in Community Management.

He served as a parish priest and university chaplain, before his election and consecration as Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Zambia, in January 2003. He was elected Dean and acting Archbishop of the Province, after Bernard Malango left office, in 2007. Vacancies in several dioceses of Malawi and Zimbabwe prevented a quorum of bishops capable to elect a new Archbishop for four years. Chama was elected to the vacant title of Archbishop of Central Africa by the House of Bishops, on February 17, 2011, in Harare. He was enthroned at the Holy Cross Cathedral, in Lusaka, Zambia, on 20 March 2011.^[1][2]

Chama is a moderate theological conservative. He attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, at 19-23 April 2010, but generally speaking he has been more a supporter of "reconciliation" between the different parts of the Anglican Communion, divided over theological and sexuality issues.^[3]

Notes

1. ↑ Anglican Communion
2. ↑ Central African bishop elected: The Church of England Newspaper, March 4, 2011
3. ↑ Primates of the Anglican Communion - Archbishop of Central Africa, Anglican Ink, 6 January 2016

External links

• Primates of the Anglican Communion - Archbishop of Central Africa, Anglican Ink, 6 January 2016