George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu

George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu (born 4 February 1960) is a Zambian Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of Chipata. He was appointed by John Paul II on 23 December 2002.

Early life and education Lungu was born on 4 February 1960 at Zumaire, in the Diocese of Chipata in the Eastern Province of Zambia.

On 12 April 2018, the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), elected him as president of their conference. He succeeded Telesphore Mpundu, the Archbishop Emeritus of Lusaka Archdiocese.

As president of the ZCCB, he was part of the organizers of a Peacebuilding Workshop in the capital city of Lusaka, to discuss and propose solutions to the then deteriorating national economic, social and security environment in the country in November 2020.