Southern Africa’s Oblate Bishops visit Mongu Diocese

Southern Africa’s Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) Bishops have visited their brother Oblate-Bishop, Evans Chinyemba of Mongu Diocese in Zambia.

The Bishops who were in Mongu recently include  the Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia himself, Nashenda Ndumbukiti; Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane of Leribe Diocese in Lesotho;  Bishop Edward Risi from the Diocese of Keimos-Upington in South Africa as well as Bishop Philip Pöllitzer of Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Others are Bishop Joseph Sephamola of Qacha’s Nek in Lesotho as well as Bishop Barry Wood, the Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa;

Speaking to Drumbeat in Mongu, Archbishop Nashenda said that the Southern African Oblate Bishops were in Zambia to compare notes on the important mission of evangelization. He explained that as Oblate Bishops in Southern Africa they occasionally come together to reflect on their vocation, mission and focus on their original identity as Oblates.

The Archbishop of Windhoek further encouraged Zambians to be strong and ask the lord to strengthen them despite all the difficulties they might encounter as citizens.

While in Zambia, the Oblate Bishops were assigned different parishes in Mongu town where they celebrated various Masses and interacted with parishioners of the Diocese.

(Source: Akende, Drumbeat)

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