Alfred Mateyu Chaima
Alfred Mateyu Chaima is a Malawian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Diocese of Zomba in Malawi.
Background and education
He was born on 14 July 1970 in Nambera, Lilongwe District, in the Central Region of Malawi. He attended primary school in his home area. He attended St. Pius XII Seminary for his secondary school education. Later he joined Kachebere Major Seminary for philosophical studies. He then continued to study theology at St. Peters Major Seminary in Zomba. He holds a Licentiate and a Doctor of Philosophy, both in pastoral theology and both awarded by the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya.Priesthood
He was ordained a deacon at Zomba on 19 January 1998. He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1998 at the Cathedral in Blantyre by Archbishop James Chiona, Archbishop of Blantyre.While a priest of Blantyre he served in various roles including as:
- Teacher, formator and rector at Pius XII Minor Seminary
- Pastoral Secretary of Archdiocese of Blantyre
- Director of Nantipwiri Pastoral Centre
- Chairman of Board of Christian Health Association
- Lecturer at the University of Malawi
- Part time Lecturer at Catholic University of Malawi
- Part time Lecturer at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa
- Part time Lecturer at Tangaza College, in Kenya
- Part time Lecturer at Ggaba Pastoral Institute of Eastern Africa, in Eldoret, Kenya
- Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi at the Catholic Secretariat, in Lilongwe.