Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.

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

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jun 1937		Born
7 Aug 1966	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
28 Jan 1980	42.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
4 May 1980	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Mar 1996	58.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Jul 1997	60.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Feb 2015	77.6	Retired	Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

MicroData Summary
Louis Nkinga Bondala
Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala C.I.C.M.
(born 20 Jun 1937)
Bishop Emeritus of Lisala

Ad Limina - January 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mankanza, Vicariate Apostolic of Lisala
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Esplanade du Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Lisala.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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 Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) † (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1426309

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,568

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