Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Lubumbashi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Aug 1932		Born	Kyamitofwe
21 Aug 1961	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Apr 1967	34.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Aug 1967	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Mar 1998	65.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jan 2000	67.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 38.4 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. †
Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga † (1967)
Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury † (1958)
Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier † (1929)
Louis-Ernest Cardinal Dubois † (1901)
Bishop Marie-Prosper-Adolphe de Bonfils † (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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba
Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Barthélémy Malunga †
Bishop Eugène Moke Motsüri
Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku
Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe
Bishop Gérard Ngoy Kabwe †
Bishop Elie Amsini Kiswaya

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