Bishop Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M.

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1936		Born
2 Aug 1964	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
3 Apr 1998	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Jul 1998	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Jan 2014	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Léonard Kasanda Lumembu
Bishop Léonard Kasanda Lumembu C.I.C.M.
(born 12 Apr 1936)
Bishop Emeritus of Luiza

Ad Limina - January 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mikalayi, Vicariate Apostolic of Kasaï Superiore
Ordained Bishop Open Air, In Front of, Cathedral, Luiza, Diocese of Luiza

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Luiza.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz †
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Frédéric Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop of Kananga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz † (1988)
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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 Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula (2014)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 282442248
WikiData: Q1540113

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,360
r: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2014

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