Bishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu †

Deceased

Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1918²		Born
11 Aug 1948	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jun 1961	43.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Jun 1961	43.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cataquas
29 Oct 1961	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cataquas
29 Nov 1967	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 Oct 1985	67.7	Died	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu
Bishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu
(born 1918, died 14 Oct 1985)
Bishop of Kikwit

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

Event Place
Birth Place Leverville-Soa, Diocese of Kikwit
Ordained Bishop Kikwit, Diocese of Kikwit

a priest for 37.1 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. †
Bishop of Kikwit
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph-Albert Malula †
Titular Bishop of Attanasus
Bishop Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. †
Bishop of Popokabaka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J. † (1955)
Bishop of Kikwit
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera † (1955)
Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Marie-Edouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. † (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eugène Biletsi Onim † (1970)
Bishop André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q24289830

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 137

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