Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope

Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1964		Born
4 Jan 1992	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Nov 2023	59.4	Appointed	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
16 Dec 2023	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Libère Pwongo Bope
Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope
(born 21 May 1964)
Bishop of Basankusu

Event Place
Birth Place Mweka, Prefecture Apostolic of Mweka
Ordained Bishop Basankusu, Diocese of Basankusu

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Basankusu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M.
Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku
Bishop Emeritus of Basankusu

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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q123401677

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Nov 2023
ob/c2: CB, 14 Dec 2023
c34: CB, 17 Dec 2023

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