Career
He was raised in an Anglican family from the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He earned a Diploma in Theology at Saint Philip"s Theological College, in Kongwa, and was ordained a priest in 1971. His first mission was to plant a church in a village with no Anglican presence, which was successful and inspired him in the purposes of evangelism and church planting.
Mtetemela was nominated Assistant Bishop to the Diocese of Central Tanganyika in 1982.
He would be the first Bishop of the Diocese of Ruaha, from 1990 to 2010. He was reelected for another five years term at 25 February 2003, by the Electoral College at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Dodoma.
His work for the Anglican realignment was continued by his successor, Valentino Mokiwa, while he remained as Bishop of Ruaha, until his retirement in 2010. He still would attend GAFCON II, in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013.
