The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Zambia
This page contains a list of the greatest Zambian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Zambia. This makes Zambia the birth place of the 127th most number of Religious Figures behind Senegal, and Cape Verde.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Zambian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Zambian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931 - 2013)
With an HPI of 46.03, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe is the most famous Zambian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
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. He held several senior positions in the local and regional church, such as Zambia Episcopal Conference president (1972–1975; 1988–1990; 1999–2002), and as chairman of the regional conferences under Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) (1979–86). He was an ardent campaigner for Zambia's debt cancellation in the mid-1980s, through the Jubilee movement campaign and spearheaded several new developmental projects in many parts of the country including the Mumpanshya area of Chongwe.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Zambian religious figures born between 1931 and 1931. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Zambian religious figures include Medardo Joseph Mazombwe.
