Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B.

Bishop of Uvira

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jul 1942		Born	Panda-Likasi
16 Sep 1972	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
6 Oct 1992	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
31 Jan 1993	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Jun 2002	59.9	Appointed	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Uvira.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Faustin Ngabu
Bishop Dominique Kimpinde Amando

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga, S.D.B. (1993)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gaston Kashala Ruwezi, S.D.B.

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