Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.

Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Member of the Council of Cardinals

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Jan 1960		Born
1981²	20.9	First Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1987²	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
14 Aug 1988	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
22 Nov 2004	44.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Mar 2005	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Oct 2008	48.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Aug 2015	55.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Mar 2016	56.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Nov 2016	56.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Nov 2016	56.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Dec 2016	56.8	Installed	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Feb 2018	58.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Feb 2018	58.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Mar 2018	58.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Mar 2018	58.1	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Nov 2018	58.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Nov 2018	58.8	Installed	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Oct 2019	59.6	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Oct 2019	59.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa
26 Jan 2020	60.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Oct 2020	60.7	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals
3 Dec 2022	62.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa
7 Mar 2023	63.1	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu O.F.M. Cap.
(born 24 Jan 1960)
Archbishop of Kinshasa

Event Place
Birth Place Boto, Diocese of Molegbe
Ordained Bishop Open Air in Front of, Cathedral, Bokungu, Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba †
Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni d’Aniello
Titular Archbishop of Pesto
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop of Kinshasa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba † (1981)
Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Archbishop Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. † (1976)
Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula † (1959)
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Bishop Félix Scalais, C.I.C.M. † (1953)
Titular Bishop of Casius
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu, M.S.C. (2019)
Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (2020)
Bishop Charles Ndaka Salabisala (2020)
Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda (2020)
Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (2020)
Bishop Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba (2021)
Bishop José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba (2021)
Bishop André Giraud Pindi Mwanza Mayala (2022)
Bishop Joseph Kakou Aka (2023)
Bishop Léonard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.I. (2023)
Bishop Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M. (2023)
Bishop Edouard Isango Nkoyo (2023)
Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope (2023)
Bishop Martin Banga Ayanyaki, O.S.A. (2024)
Bishop Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi, M. Afr. (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap. (2015)
Bishop Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong’loo, C.P. (2015)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Boto, Diocese of Molegbe
Ordained Bishop	Open Air in Front of, Cathedral, Bokungu, Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela

External Link(s):

VIAF: 17146573916438102320
WikiData: Q1456204

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 178, Number 14,829
ab: CB
ab: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2016
ab: Bollettino, 12 Nov 2016
i: CB, 10 Dec 2016
ab: Bollettino, 6 Feb 2018
s: Bollettino, 1 Nov 2018
i: AM, 3 Nov 2018
aadm: CB, 19 Jul 2019
card: Bollettino, 1 Sep 2019
cpri: Bollettino, 5 Oct 2019
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Oct 2019
aadm: CB, 3 Jan 2020
ab: Bollettino, 15 Oct 2020
i: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2022
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠