Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama

Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1959		Born
21 Feb 1988	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kenge, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Jun 2020	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Aug 2020	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Jan 2026	66.5	Resigned	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
(born 29 Jun 1959)
Bishop Emeritus of Popokabaka

Event Place
Birth Place Misay, Prefecture Apostolic of Kenge
Ordained Bishop Outdoors, near, Cathedral, Popokabaka, Diocese of Popokabaka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Popokabaka.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya †
Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa
Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S.
Bishop of Idiofa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (2005)
Archbishop of Kinshasa
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Misay, Prefecture Apostolic of Kenge
Ordained Bishop	Outdoors, near, Cathedral, Popokabaka, Diocese of Popokabaka

External Link(s):

VIAF: 95226018
WikiData: Q96745415

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 Jun 2020
ob: CB, 27 Jul 2020
c2: CB, 16 Aug 2020
c3+: CB, 23 Aug 2020
c4: CB, 24 Aug 2020
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 245, Number 20,473
r: Bollettino, 28 Jan 2026

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