Diocese of Mbala Pope John Paul II appointed him as Bishop of Mbala on 7 March 1987, and he was installed there on 21 June 1987. He was consecrated as bishop by Bishop
Adolf Fürstenberg, Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, assisted by
Elias White Mutale, Archbishop of Kasama and
Adrian Mung'andu, Archbishop of Lusaka. On the order of
Pope Benedict XVI, Mpundu succeeded as the Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, on 28 October 2006, upon the retirement of his predecessor, Archbishop
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe. On 30 January 2018 Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu of Lusaka Archdiocese resigned. Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu served for at last two consecutive terms as the president of the
Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB).
Excommunication in 2025 In 2024, he consecrated Anthony Ward, the founder of the
Servants of the Holy Family, as a bishop. This action took place without approval of the Holy See, so Archbishop Mpundu incurred the canonical penalty of excommunication
latae sententiae. ==See also==