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Medardo Joseph Mazombwe

1931 - 2013

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Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (24 September 1931 – 29 August 2013) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Zambia's first indigenous cardinal. He was the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (1996–2006) and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chipata (1970–1996). Pope Benedict XVI elevated Mazombwe to the status of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza at a consistory on 20 November 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Medardo Joseph Mazombwe is the 2,870th most popular religious figure (down from 2,807th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Zambia and the most popular Zambian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe ranks 2,870 out of 3,187. Before him are László Kovács, Manuel González García, Luigi Padovese, Evagrius of Constantinople, Maturino Blanchet, and Nicholas Ridley. After him are Roger of Wendover, Lorenzo Piretto, Bruce M. Metzger, Karel Kašpar, Paulo Cezar Costa, and Faustus of Mileve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe ranks 455. Before him are Henry Källgren, Mary L. Good, Zoltán Latinovits, Nadezhda Konyayeva, Müzahir Sille, and Giovanni Battista Rabino. After him are Sonny Clark, Marina Popovich, Pierre Chambon, Mitzi Gaynor, Marshall Applewhite, and Norman Mineta. Among people deceased in 2013, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe ranks 364. Before him are Renato Ruggiero, Leyla Erbil, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Helen Thomas, Raimondo D'Inzeo, and Aleksandar Kozlina. After him are John Eisenhower, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Vasile Tiță, Phil Ramone, Eddi Arent, and Denys de La Patellière.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe ranks 14 out of 41. Before him are Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), and Kalusha Bwalya (1963). After him are Guy Scott (1944), Dambisa Moyo (1969), Gillian Cowley (1955), Samuel Matete (1968), Janny Sikazwe (1979), and A. C. Grayling (1949).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Zambia

Among religious figures born in Zambia, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe ranks 1. 

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