Josiah Mtekateka
Josiah Mtekateka | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lake Malawi | |
| Church | Church of the Province of Central Africa |
| Diocese | Lake Malawi |
| In office | 1971–1978 |
| Successor | Peter Nyanja |
| Previous posts | Suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Malawi, 1965–1971 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 31 January 1939 (diaconate) 24 February 1943 (priesthood) by Frank Thorne |
| Consecration | 27 May 1965 by Oliver Green-Wilkinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1903 Likoma, Malawi |
| Died | (aged 93) Blantyre, Malawi |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Maude Nambote |
| Children | 13 |
| Education | St. Michael's College, Blantyre St. Andrew's College, Likoma |
Josiah Mtekateka (1903–1996) was a Malawian Anglican bishop. Born on Likoma Island, as a youth he worked as a servant of missionaries at Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) headquarters at St Peter's Cathedral. He later trained as a teacher and then as a priest. When he was consecrated as a bishop in 1965, he was the first indigenous Malawian to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion. He initially served as suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Malawi, and in 1971 he became the first diocesan bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Lake Malawi. Mtekateka retired as bishop in 1978.