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	==As bishop==		==As bishop==
	On 18 June 2016 ] appointed Father Valentine Kalumba as Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone in Zambia.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="3R"/> He was consecrated bishop and installed on 3 September 2016 at ''Christ the King Cathedral'' in ], Zambia. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop ], Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, assisted by Bishop ], Bishop of Chipata and Bishop ] SDB, Bishop of Kabwe.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="3R"/><ref name="4R">{{cite web\| work=] \|title=Zambia: Bishop Kalumba Takes Canonical Possession of Livingstone Diocese \|date=9 September 2016 \|author=Winfield Kunda \| url=https://communications.amecea.org/index.php/2016/09/09/zambia-bishop-kalumba-takes-canonical-possession-of-livingstone-diocese/ ~~\|access-date=11 December 2024 \| location=Nairobi, Kenya~~}}</ref>		On 18 June 2016 ] appointed Father Valentine Kalumba as Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone in Zambia.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="3R"/> He was consecrated bishop and installed on 3 September 2016 at ''Christ the King Cathedral'' in ], Zambia. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop ], Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, assisted by Bishop ], Bishop of Chipata and Bishop ] SDB, Bishop of Kabwe.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="3R"/><ref name="4R">{{cite web\| work=] \|title=Zambia: Bishop Kalumba Takes Canonical Possession of Livingstone Diocese \|date=9 September 2016 \|author=Winfield Kunda \|access-date=11 December 2024 \|location=Nairobi, Kenya \| url=https://communications.amecea.org/index.php/2016/09/09/zambia-bishop-kalumba-takes-canonical-possession-of-livingstone-diocese/}}</ref>

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	\| years = '''Since 3 September 2016'''		\| years = '''Since 3 September 2016'''

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Zambian Roman Catholic prelate

Valentine Kalumba
Bishop
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Livingstone
Appointed	18 June 2016
Predecessor	Raymond Mpezele
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	22 October 2005
Consecration	3 September 2016 by Raymond Mpezele
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Valentine Kalumba (1967-01-16) January 16, 1967 (age 57) Mufulira, Mufulira District, Zambia

Styles of Valentine Kalumba

Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Bishop

Valentine Kalumba (born 16 January 1967) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone. He was appointed Bishop of Livingstone on 18 June 2016 by Pope Francis.

Background and education

He was born on 16 January 1967, in the town of Mufulira, Copperbelt Province in the Archdiocese of Ndola, Zambia. He attended primary school and secondary school in his home area. In 1993 he spent a year at Emmaus Spirituality Centre in Lusaka considering "a calling to religious life". He then studied philosophy at seminaries in Zambia and in 2000 joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Priesthood

Before his ordination as a priest, he joined the Zambian Airforce after high school and worked at Standard Chartered Bank.

He took his perpetual vows as a member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 20 February 2005. He was ordained a priest on 22 October 2005 by Bishop Paul Francis Duffy OMI, Bishop of Mongu.

While he was priest he held the following offices:

Pastoral work at various parishes throughout Zambia.
Director of Oblate Radio Liseli, which provides a network of religious and educational programming to a vast section of Western Zambia, from 2011 until 2014
Pastor at Blessed Mary Theresa Parish in Kabwe Diocese, from 2014 until 2016.

As bishop

On 18 June 2016 Pope Francis appointed Father Valentine Kalumba as Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone in Zambia. He was consecrated bishop and installed on 3 September 2016 at Christ the King Cathedral in Livingstone, Zambia. The Principal Consecrator was Bishop Raymond Mpezele, Bishop Emeritus of Livingstone, assisted by Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Bishop of Chipata and Bishop Clement Mulenga SDB, Bishop of Kabwe.