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Zambian Roman Catholic prelate

The Most Reverend Charles Kasonde
Bishop
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ndola
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Solwezi
Appointed	23 March 2010
Predecessor	Alick Banda
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	4 August 2001
Consecration	29 May 2010 by Nicola Girasoli
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Charles Kasonde (1968-12-14) 14 December 1968 (age 56) Kalulushi, Copperbelt Province, Zambia

Styles of Charles Kasonde

Reference style	Your Lordships The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Lordship
Religious style	Bishop

Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde is a Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Solwezi, in Zambia. He was appointed to that position on 23 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Early life and education

He was born in Kalulushi, Kalulushi District, in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia on 14 December 1968. After primary and secondary school, he studied at the "St. Augustine National Philosophical Seminary" in Mpima, Zambia from 1991 until 1994 and then at the "St. Dominic Major Theological Seminary" in Lusaka from 1994 until 1998. From 2006 until 2008, he studied at a religious institution in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He graduated from there with a Licentiate (equivalent to a Master's degree) in Dogmatic Theology and Pastoral Theology.

Priesthood

He was ordained a deacon in 1998. On 4 August 2001 he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Ndola. He worked in various roles while a priest of Ndola including:

Parish priest of St. Joseph's Parish and director of the Diocesan Pastoral Office from 2001 until 2004
Director of the Pastoral Office at the Zambian Episcopal Conference in Lusaka from 2004 until 2006.
Director of the National Pastoral Office at the Zambian Episcopal Conference
Deputy General Secretary of the Zambian Episcopal Conference.

As bishop

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Solwezi on 23 March 2010. He was consecrated as bishop on 29 May 2010, by Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, Titular Archbishop of Egnazia Appula and Papal Nuncio, assisted by Bishop Alick Banda, Bishop of Ndola and Bishop George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, Bishop of Chipata.

In May 2023, Bishop Kasonde celebrated thirteen years of episcopal service with the Catholic faithful in the Diocese of Solwezi. At that time he was the President of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The Catholic prelate is the 4th bishop of the diocese since it was elevated to the level of Diocese on 9 December 1976 by Pope Saint Paul VI.