Vincent Mduduzi Zungu

Vincent Mduduzi Zungu
Bishop of Port Elizabeth
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth
In office 2014—present
Predecessor Michael Gower Coleman
Successor vacant
Orders
Ordination July 8, 1995
Consecration June 28, 2014
by Archbishop Stephen Brislin
Personal details
Born (1966-04-28)April 28, 1966
Mbongolwane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Previous post Definitor General for Africa and the Middle East, Rome

Vincent Mduduzi Zungu (b. April 28, 1966) is a South African Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Zungu was born in Mbongolwane, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on April 28, 1966. He studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of St. John Vianney in Pretoria and entered the Franciscan Order on January 18, 1988. He later made his simple profession on January 19, 1989, and his solemn vows on July 2, 1994. He obtained a Licentiate in Moral Theology at the University of Strasbourg.

He was ordained a priest on July 8, 1995. On February 2, 2014, he was named Bishop of Port Elizabeth by Pope Francis.[1]

He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Stephen Brislin on 28 June 2014 at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Missionvale Campus.[2]

References

  1. "Br. Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, New Bishop". Order of Friars Minor. 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
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