{{Short description|Zambian Anglican prelate (1941–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Bernard Malango | title = Archbishop emeritus of Central Africa | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Church of the Province of Central Africa | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = | term = | predecessor = | successor = Albert Chama <!-- Orders --> | ordination = 1971 | ordinated_by = | consecration = 1988 | consecrated_by = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{Birth year|1941}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|30|1941|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = | children = | previous_post = }}
'''Bernard Amos Malango''' (1941 – 30 October 2021) was a Zambian Anglican prelate. He was the Anglican Archbishop of Central Africa from 2000 to September 2006, when he retired.
==Early life and education== Malango started his career as a draughtsman. He attended St John's Seminary in Lusaka, Zambia, and graduated there in 1971, obtaining a Diploma in Theology.<ref name="Tengatenga2010">{{cite book|author=James Tengatenga|title=The UMCA in Malawi: A History of the Anglican Church, 1861-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmRoxCf0rEAC&pg=PA15|year=2010|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=978-99908-87-65-5}}</ref>{{rp|13}} He was later sent to Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with the degree of M. Phil.<ref name="Tengatenga2010" />{{rp|17}}
== Positions held == He was ordained in 1971, became a priest in 1972 and was consecrated in 1988. He obtained a Master of Philosophy at University of Dublin in 1984.
From 1974 to 1988, Malango was in Malawi. He was Bishop's Chaplain in Malosa from 1974 to 1976; from 1978 to 1981 he was Executive Secretary/Treasurer of ACLCA; and from 1984 to 1988 he was Convenor in Malawi of the Islam Project in Africa.
From 1988 to 2001, he was Bishop of Northern Zambia, became Archbishop of Central Africa in 2000 until his retirement in 2006. He was also the Bishop of Upper Shire since 2001.
His office was located in Chilema, near Zomba, Malawi.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/primates/biog/details.cfm?ID=193 Anglican Communion]</ref>
==Windsor Report== Malango was a member of the Lambeth Commission on Communion which drafted the Windsor Report.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Windsor Report 2004: The Lambeth Commission on Communion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhWSwpAIHBUC&pg=PA9|year=2004|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-0-8192-2641-9|pages=9–}}</ref>
His views on trying to keep the Anglican Communion together in spite of differences over homosexuality<ref name="Ford2005">{{cite book|author=Michael Ford|title=Disclosures: Conversations Gay and Spiritual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUz-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT16|date=15 June 2005|publisher=Cowley Publications|isbn=978-1-4617-0235-1|pages=16–}}</ref> have put him at odds with other bishops in the province, specifically former bishop Nolbert Kunonga of Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite book|title=Same Gender Unions: A Critical Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0RQbOvReVQC&pg=PA17|year=2004|publisher=Uzima Publishing House|isbn=978-9966-855-91-6|pages=17–}}</ref>
==Publications== *Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Malawi<ref name="Malango1989">{{cite book|author=Bernard A. Malango|title=Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Malawi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwejnQEACAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Trinity College Dublin.}}</ref> 1989
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ac}} {{s-bef|before=Joseph Mabula}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Northern Zambia|years=1988–2002}} {{s-aft|after=Albert Chama|rows=2}} {{s-bef|before=Walter Khotso Makhulu}} {{s-ttl|title=Archbishop of Central Africa|years=2001–2006}} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Upper Shire|years=2002–2006}} {{s-aft|after=Brighton Vita Malasa}}
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{{Archbishops of Central Africa}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malango, Bernard Amos}} Category:1941 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Zambian Anglicans Category:Anglican archbishops of Central Africa Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in Africa Category:21st-century Anglican archbishops Category:Anglican bishops of Upper Shire