Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Titular Archbishop of Magnetum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1956		Born
5 Sep 1982	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Mar 2008	51.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana
1 Mar 2008	51.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Magnetum
1 May 2008	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Magnetum
22 Feb 2013	56.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
13 Apr 2013	56.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles
17 Mar 2018	61.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
12 Jun 2019	62.9	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

MicroData Summary for Léon Kalenga Badikebele
(VIAF: 51006423; WikiData: Q1602209)
Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele (born 17 Jul 1956, died 12 Jun 2019) Apostolic Nuncio of Argentina

Event Place
Birth Place Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 36.7 years
a bishop for 11.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela †
Bishop of Luebo
Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Cardinal-Deacon of San Pier Damiani ai Monti di San Paolo
Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio
Titular Archbishop of Coeliana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. (2010)
Bishop Alfred Agyenta (2011)
Bishop Lawrence Sydney Nicasio † (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera (2016)
Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 1 Mar 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Number 15,733
ab: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2013
ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2013
ab: Bollettino, 17 Mar 2018
d: CB, 12 Jun 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)

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