CV Bishop Simon Chiwanga

THE RT. REV. DR. SIMON ELIYA CHIWANGA

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH: 17 FEBRUARY 1939

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED WITH FIVE CHILDREN

WIFE: GLADYS S. CHIWANGA

2007-TO DATE: - RETIRED BISHOP OF MPWAPWA, TANZANIA,

- EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE TANZANIA SERVANT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

- SERVING ON THE PASTORAL VISITORS TEAM OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.

1991 – 2007 Bishop, Diocese of Mpwapwa, Anglican Church of Tanzania

MEMBERSHIP

1986 – 90 Member of the Mission Agencies Working Group (Follow up Body of the 1986 Anglican Mission Agencies Conference)

1984 – 2002 Member of the Anglican Consultative Council, including being Vice Chairperson and Chairperson.

1998 – 2002 Member of the ‘Archbishop of Canterbury Working Group’ on Human Sexuality Issue.

2002 - Present Member of TEAC (Theological Education in the Anglican Communion)

EDUCATION

MA (Sociology) University of Dar es Salaam (1974)

M.Th. (Systematics) King’s College, University of London

D. Min. Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass., USA.

I SHARE WITH MY FAMILY THE PASSION FOR FARMING, READING AND SOCCER