Benjamin Phiri

Benjamin S. Phiri (born 14 June 1959) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who serves as Archbishop of Ndola. He was appointed by Pope Francis on 18 June 2024, the same day that the Diocese of Ndola was elevated to an Archdiocese.

Previously, he was the Bishop of Ndola, under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka. He was appointed there on 3 July 2020 and was installed at Ndola on 15 August 2020.

Priesthood He was ordained a priest on 14 September 1986 at Chipata. He served as a priest in the Diocese of Chipata, until 15 January 2011. Among his assignments after ordination, he served as director of vocations, parish priest, and director of Chikungu Pastoral Centre in Chipata Diocese. Later he served as the national director of the Pastoral Office of the Zambian Bishops' Conference, from 2002 until 2004. Then as rector of St. Dominic's Major Seminary in Lusaka from 2004.