Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Apr 1920		Born	Ilebo
19 Mar 1953	32.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
21 Jun 1966	46.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 Jun 1966	46.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sullectum
18 Sep 1966	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sullectum
26 Sep 1967	47.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Mar 1997	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Feb 2000	79.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 46.9 years
a bishop for 33.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † (1966)
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † (1949)
Bishop Karel Justien Calewaert † (1948)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †
Bishop Léon Lesambo Ndamwize
Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela †
Bishop Eugène Biletsi Onim †
Bishop Eugène Moke Motsüri
Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku
Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M.
Bishop Gérard Mulumba Kalemba

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