Chimeledya studied health administration at the Mzumbe Institute of Development Management, currently Mzumbe University, in 1992. He has a degree in theology at from Saint Paul"s Theological College in Limuru, Kenya, where he studied from 1993 to 1996. He received a master"s degree at the Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States, which he attended from 2001 to 2003.
He was enthroned on 19 May 2013 and also remains bishop of the Diocese of Mpwapwa. He become a deacon in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 1997. He was a priest in several parishes of the Diocese of Mpwapwa, being also Principal of Saint Philip"s Theological College, in Kongwa, from 2003 to 2005.
He was consecrated Company-Adjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Mpwapwa in 2005, becoming diocesan bishop in 2007 upon the retirement of Simon Chiwanga.
