Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare

Motto: In Fide Veritatis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Oct 1939		Born
21 Dec 1963	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Feb 1980	40.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Feb 1980	40.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
4 May 1980	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari
7 Apr 1981	41.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Sep 1988	48.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Dec 2007	68.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
2 Feb 2008	68.3	Installed	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Nov 2010	71.1	Elevated to Cardinal
20 Nov 2010	71.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare
22 Jan 2011	71.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare
13 Apr 2013	73.5	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals
Oct 2018²	78.9	Resigned	Member of the Council of Cardinals
1 Nov 2018	79.0	Retired	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Jul 2021	81.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo Pasinya
(born 7 Oct 1939, died 11 Jul 2021)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa

Event Place
Birth Place Mongobele, Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Esplanade du Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa
Death Place Clinique de l'Europe, Le Port-Marly, Diocese of Versailles, France
Buried Place (Original) Notre Dame du Congo, Cathedral, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa

a priest for 57.5 years
a bishop for 41.1 years
a cardinal for 10.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula †
Archbishop of Kinshasa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † (1990)
Bishop Richard Domba Mady † (1994)
Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) † (2000)
Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (2005)
Bishop Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi (2008)
Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (2009)
Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa (2011)
Bishop Jean Charles Émile Gardin, C.S.Sp. (2011)
Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (2012)
Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe (2012)
Bishop Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi (2015)
Bishop Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J. (2015)
Bishop Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong’loo, C.P. (2015)
Bishop Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Kembo Mamputu † (1988)
Bishop Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia † (2003)
Bishop Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mongobele, Vicariate Apostolic of Léopoldville
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Esplanade du Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa
Death Place	Clinique de l'Europe, Le Port-Marly, Diocese of Versailles, France
Buried Place (Original)	Notre Dame du Congo, Cathedral, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/230902
VIAF: 19311
WikiData: Q554375

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 6 Dec 2007
i: CB
ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2013
r: Bollettino, 1 Nov 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,569
d: CB, 11 Jul 2021
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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