Maimbo William Mndolwa (born 1968) is a Tanzanian Anglican bishop. He is the Bishop of the Diocese of Tanga and was elected Archbishop and Primate of the

Anglican Church of Tanzania The Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT; ) is a province of the Anglican Communion based in Dodoma. It consists of 28 dioceses (27 on the Tanzanian mainland, and 1 on Zanzibar) headed by their respective bishops. It seceded from the Province of Ea ...

on 15 February 2018, with his enthronement taking place on 20 May 2018. He is married to Frida.

Ecclesiastical career

Mndolwa served at the Army before becoming an Anglican priest. Mndolwa studied at St. Mark's Theological College, in

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, and at the

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, in

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. He also studied at the

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, in

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, in the

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, where he earned a Post-Graduation Diploma in Theology in 1999. He became a Master of Theology at the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Center for Mission Research and Applied Theology and a Ph.D. in Theology at the

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, in

. He earned a D.D. at the

in 2014. He was consecrated the second Bishop of the Diocese of Tanga at 4 September 2012. He was elected the seventh Archbishop and Primate of the

at the Synod held on 15 February 2018. He succeeded Jacob Chimeledya in an enthronement ceremony held at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in

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, on 20 May 2018. He is an Anglo-Catholic. He was registered to attend GAFCON III, on 17-22 June 2018, but wasn't able to do so.GAFCON III largest pan-Anglican gathering since Toronto Congress of 1963, Anglican Ink, 20 June 2018
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References

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