Martin Anwel Mtumbuka

Martin Anwel Mtumbuka is a Malawian Roman Catholic church prelate currently serving as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Karonga in Malawi. The diocese was erected by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and he appointed Bishop Mtumbuka as its first bishop.

Background and education He was born on 5 August 1967 in Majimbula Village, Rumphi District, Mzuzu Diocese, in Malawi. He attended primary school in Chilulu. For his secondary school education, he studied at the Mzuzu Minor Seminary.

He studied philosophy at Saint Anthony's Seminary in Kachebere, Mchinji District, Central Region, Malawi, after which he studied Theology at the Theological Seminary in Zomba, Zomba District, Southern Region, Malawi. He studied at Mater Dei Institute of Education, in Ireland from 1997 until 2002, graduating with a Master's degree in Religious Science from there. From 2002 until 2005, he studied at the University of London, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree, in the Science of Education.

In 2021, he chided government officials for not doing enough saying "the state of the economy is negatively affecting the welfare of people, especially the rural masses who are mostly poor."