Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †

Deceased

Titular Bishop of Belesasa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1932		Born
11 Apr 1959	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
12 Apr 1959	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Jan 1975	42.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30 Jan 1975	42.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zica
17 Aug 1975	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Zica
22 Nov 1975	43.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
21 May 2001	69.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
12 Mar 2019	87.0	Died	Titular Bishop of Belesasa

MicroData Summary
Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika
Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika
(born 10 Mar 1932, died 12 Mar 2019)
Titular Bishop of Belesasa

Event Place
Birth Place Phuka Kumbi
Ordained Deacon Minor Seminary, Mbata Kiela
Ordained Priest Kangu
Ordained Bishop Notre Dame, Boma, Diocese of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Death Place Hospital, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

a priest for 59.9 years
a bishop for 43.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. †
Bishop of Boma
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu †
Bishop of Tshumbe
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula †
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Archbishop Pierre Kimbondo †
Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu † (1968)
Bishop of Tshumbe
Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † (1966)
Archbishop of Luluabourg
Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † (1949)
Archbishop of Luluabourg
Bishop Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert † (1948)
Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Banga Bane (1996)
Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu (1994)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1690308

Source(s):

d: CB, 14 Mar 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 32, Number 1,838

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