History of ZMB Vice Province

The First Missionaries

On 12^th October 1982, the first Salesians arrived in Zambia under the leadership of Fr. Casmir Cichecki.  They were: Fr. Joseph Bem, Fr. John Bernas, Fr. Peter Boryczka, Fr. Paul Dziatkiewicz, Fr. Tadeusz Molendowski, Fr. Stanislaw Juszczyk, Fr. Eugene Szmyt, Fr. Henry Sak, Fr. Louis Karczewski, Fr. Joseph Ojczyk and Stanislaw Jagodzinski, a seminarian.

The first Canonically erected Salesian houses were: Luwingu, Chingola and Kayembe.  These presences belonged to Warsaw Province and Zambia was decreed a Delegation.  Fr. Casmir Cichecki became the first Delegate for Zambian Missions.