Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Mwoleka, Christopher, Bishop
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Mwoleka, Christopher, Bishop, 1927-2002
Other form(s) of name
- Bishop Christopher Mwoleka
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1927-2002
History
Fr. Christopher Mwoleka became Bishop of Rulenge in Tanzania in 1969. When he first wrote to Merton in 1967, he explains that he had first read Merton in 1952, and that «Seeds of Contemplation» was an inspiration for him to leave his job as an office clerk and enter seminary. He was ordained in 1962 and would later read a number of Merton's books. Shortly after beginning their correspondence, Mwoleka began teaching at St. Charles Lwanga's Katoke Seminary in Biharamulo.