Chiwempe Johannes Sindano (born 1 January 1941) is a

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of the

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(ELCIN). He was born in Muye, Mexico,

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. Sindano is the son of Liwoyo yaSindano yaChiwempe and Nduuva yaNgonga. He went to school in Mupini during 1959–61 and in the boys’ school in Rupara in 1962, and then in the

Rundu Rundu is the capital and the largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River, about above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted ...

Secondary School during 1968–72. He received his

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training Lutheran Theological College in

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during 1976–77 and in the

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, during 1978–80, earning a diploma in the latter school. He was ordained a pastor in

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in 1981. Sindano was consecrated as Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) in 2004 at Nkarapamwe parish, Rundu, Kavango, by Presiding Bishop Dr

Tomas Shivute Tomas Iimbondi Shivute (b. 15 April 1942 Onayena, Ondonga, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. Shivute is the son of Sakaria Nehoya lyaShivute shaNdjongolo and Rauha Namunyela gweEgumbo. Education He w ...

of the ELCIN. He served as bishop until 2011, when he retired.

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1941 births Living people People from Kavango Region Namibian Lutheran clergy 20th-century Lutheran bishops Kavango people Lutheran bishops in Africa {{Namibia-bio-stub