Bishop Faustin Ngabu †

Deceased

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1935²		Born
21 Dec 1963	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	39.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25 Apr 1974	39.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena
7 Sep 1974	39.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct 1974	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
18 Mar 2010	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Oct 2025	90.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Faustin Ngabu
Bishop Faustin Ngabu
(born 1935, died 26 Oct 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Goma

Ad Limina - February 2006: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Lokwa, Vicariate Apostolic of Lac Albert
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Goma, Diocese of Goma
Death Place Charité Maternelle, Hospital, Goma, Diocese of Goma

a priest for 61.8 years
a bishop for 50.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †
Archbishop of Bukavu
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Gabriel Ukec †
Bishop of Bunia
Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke †
Archbishop of Kisangani

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † (1966)
Archbishop of Bukavu
Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba † (1960)
Bishop of Goma
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (1985)
Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. † (1993)
Bishop Richard Domba Mady † (1994)
Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, O.F.M. (1998)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1398721

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2010
d: CB, 26 Oct 2025
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1974, Number 123
opd: CB, 26 Oct 2025

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