Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I.

Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa

Apostolic Administrator of Keimoes-Upington

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Feb 1957		Born
28 Jan 1982	24.9	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
25 Apr 1987	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
6 May 2013	56.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
3 Aug 2013	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kokstad, South Africa
1 Apr 2020	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
19 Jun 2020	63.3	Installed	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
15 Dec 2025	68.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa

MicroData Summary
Zolile Peter Mpambani
Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani S.C.I.
(born 20 Feb 1957)
Archbishop of Bloemfontein

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Umlami, Diocese of Aliwal
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Kokstad College, Kokstad, Diocese of Kokstad

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bloemfontein.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Pretoria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Stephen Brislin
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Bishop Michael Wüstenberg
Bishop of Aliwal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Matthew Slattery, O.F.M. (1994)
Archbishop of Pretoria
Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (1981)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † (1947)
Archbishop of Durban
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, C.M.M. (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito (2020)
Bishop Siphiwo Devilliers Paul Vanqa, S.A.C. (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13591480

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 May 2013
ob: CB, 26 Jun 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,843
ab: Bollettino, 1 Apr 2020
i: CB, 22 Jun 2020
aadm: CB, 15 Dec 2025

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