Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando †

Deceased

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1923²		Born
22 Feb 1953	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Apr 1961	38.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Apr 1961	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Athyra
9 Jul 1961	38.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Athyra
25 Nov 1964	41.8	Appointed	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Jul 1997	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Feb 2014	91.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Louis Nganga a Ndzando
Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando
(born 1923, died 13 Feb 2014)
Bishop Emeritus of Lisala

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ndeke Mabela, Vicariate Apostolic of Lisala
Ordained Bishop Lisala, Diocese of Lisala

a priest for 60.9 years
a bishop for 52.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop of Lisala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †
Bishop of Molegbe
Bishop Joseph-Albert Malula †
Titular Bishop of Attanasus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. † (1943)
Bishop of Lisala
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (1929)
Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jacques Mbali † (1961)
Bishop Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu † (1969)
Bishop Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame † (1974)
Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M. † (1975)
Archbishop Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba † (1981)
Bishop Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke † (1983)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1871897

Source(s):

d: CB, 14 Feb 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 89

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