Bishop Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa †

Deceased

Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania

Motto: Lux Et Sal

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Apr 1962		Born
14 Jun 1992	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dodoma, Tanzania
12 Mar 2011	48.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
15 May 2011	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania
14 Apr 2026	64.0	Died	Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania

MicroData Summary
Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa
Bishop Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa
(born 1 Apr 1962, died 14 Apr 2026)
Bishop of Kondoa

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Arusha, Diocese of Moshi
Ordained Priest Church, Kondoa, Diocese of Dodoma
Ordained Bishop (under construction), Cathedral, Kondoa, Diocese of Kondoa
Death Place Benjamin Mkapa, Hospital, Dodoma, Archdiocese of Dodoma

a priest for 33.8 years
a bishop for 14.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja †
Bishop of Dodoma
Principal Consecrator:
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo †
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Mwanza
Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.
Bishop of Zanzibar

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Polycarp Cardinal Pengo † (1984)
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Edward Elias Mapunda (2015)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Arusha, Diocese of Moshi
Ordained Priest	Church, Kondoa, Diocese of Dodoma
Ordained Bishop	(under construction), Cathedral, Kondoa, Diocese of Kondoa
Death Place	Benjamin Mkapa, Hospital, Dodoma, Archdiocese of Dodoma

External Link(s):

VIAF: 75778507
WikiData: Q822858

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 31 May 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,057
d: CB, 14 Apr 2026
bpd/c1: CB, 15 Apr 2026
op.loc: CB, 20 Apr 2026

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