Episcopal Conference Of The Congo
The assembly of Catholic bishops in the Republic of Congo is the Episcopal Conference of the Congo (French: Conférence Épiscopale du Congo, CEC). The CEC is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The conference elects its president to a three-year term. List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference: *1970 - 1971: Théophile Mbemba, Archbishop of Brazzaville *1971 - 1977: Emile Biayenda, Archbishop of Brazzaville *1981 - 1986: Georges-Firmin Singha, Bishop of Owando *1986 - 1993: Barthélémy Batantu, Archbishop of Brazzaville *1993 - 1997: Bernard Nsayi, Bishop of Nkayi *1997 - 2003: Anatole Milandou, Archbishop of Brazzaville *2003 - 2006: Ernest Kombo, Bishop of Owando *2006 - 2015: Louis Portella Mbuyu, Bishop of Kinkala *2015 - present: Daniel Mizonzo, Bishop of Nkayi References External links * * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/CG.h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bernard Nsayi
Bernard Nsayi (27 June 1943 in Mindouli – 12 February 2021 in Rome) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkayi, Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w .... Nsayi was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Nkayi from 1990 to 2001. He died in 2021. Notes 1943 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of the Congo People from Pool Department Roman Catholic bishops of Nkayi {{RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Episcopal Conferences
Episcopal may refer to: *Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church *Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese *Episcopal Church (other), any church with "Episcopal" in its name ** Episcopal Church (United States), an affiliate of Anglicanism based in the United States *Episcopal conference, an official assembly of bishops in a territory of the Roman Catholic Church *Episcopal polity, the church united under the oversight of bishops *Episcopal see, the official seat of a bishop, often applied to the area over which he exercises authority *Historical episcopate, dioceses established according to apostolic succession See also * Episcopal High School (other) * Pontifical (other) The Pontifical is a liturgical book used by a bishop. It may also refer specifically to the Roman Rite Roman Pontifical. When used as an adjective, Pontifical may be used to describe things related to the office of a Bishop (see also Pontiff#Chris ... ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verifiability
Verify or verification may refer to: General * Verification and validation, in engineering or quality management systems, is the act of reviewing, inspecting or testing, in order to establish and document that a product, service or system meets regulatory or technical standards ** Verification (spaceflight), in the space systems engineering area, covers the processes of qualification and acceptance * Verification theory, philosophical theory relating the meaning of a statement to how it is verified * Third-party verification, use of an independent organization to verify the identity of a customer * Authentication, confirming the truth of an attribute claimed by an entity, such as an identity * Forecast verification, verifying prognostic output from a numerical model * Verifiability (science), a scientific principle * Verification (audit), an auditing process Computing * Punched card verification, a data entry step performed after keypunching on a separate, keyboard-equipped ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Mizonzo
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given name), Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel (biblical figure), Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan (other), Dan, Danny) are common in both English language, English and Hebrew language, Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Grammatical gender#Personal names, Feminine versions (Danielle, Daniele, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kinkala
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kinkala ( la, Dioecesis Kinkalana) is a diocese located in the city of Kinkala in the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. History On October 3, 1987, the diocese was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville. Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga (March 5, 2020 – present) * Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu (October 16, 2001 – March 5, 2020) * Bishop Anatole Milandou (October 3, 1987 – January 23, 2001), appointed Archbishop of Brazzaville Other priest of this diocese who became bishop * Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, appointed Bishop of Dolisie in 2013 See also *List of Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo *Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo The Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over two million Catholics in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louis Portella Mbuyu
Louis Portella Mbuyu (born 28 July 1942) is the Catholic Bishop emeritus of Kinkala, in Republic of Congo. Louis Portella Mbuyu was born on 28 July 1942 at Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire diocese, in the Kouilou Department. He was ordained in 1967 Pointe-Noire. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, earning an MA in Spiritual Theology and to Paris where he studied sociology. Portella Mbuyu was a teacher and spiritual director at the Emile Biayenda Major Seminary, before to be appointed Rector of this institution. On 16 October 2001 Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Kinkala, effective 6 January 2002, replacing Anatole Milandou . In May 2006 he was elected President of the Episcopal Conference of the Congo The assembly of Catholic bishops in the Republic of Congo is the Episcopal Conference of the Congo ( French: Conférence Épiscopale du Congo, CEC). The CEC is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa an ... h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ernest Kombo
Ernest Kombo (March 27, 1941 – October 22, 2008) was a Congo-Brazzaville religious official born in 1941 in Pointe-Noire, French Equatorial Africa. He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Society of Jesus (S.J.) on July 6, 1973. On December 5, 1983, he was appointed the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkayi and he was consecrated bishop on January 6, 1984 by Pope John Paul II assisted by Cardinals Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, inside St. Peter's Basilica. Following the appointment of Msgr. Georges-Firmin Singha as Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Bishop Kombo was transferred to the Diocese of Owando on July 7, 1990 as the second bishop of that diocese from the Republic of the Congo. He was very direct in his manner. From 1991 to 1992, he was elected to head Congo's interim legislature, the Conseil Superieur de la Republique (CRS). In October 1994, at the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, at the Vatican, Bishop Kombo proposed that some Rom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anatole Milandou
Anatole Milandou (born 18 March 1946) is the current archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. Biography Anatole Milandou was born on 18 March 1946 in Nsamouna, Republic of the Congo. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Brazzaville on 23 June 1974. On 22 July 1983, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brazzaville with a titular bishopric in Capra. He was consecrated bishop on 28 August of that year. He was appointed Bishop of Kinkala on 3 October 1987. Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ... appointed him archbishop of Brazzaville on 23 January 2001. From 1997 to 2000, Milandou served as President of the ''Association des Conférences Episcopales de la Région de l’Afrique Central'' (A.C.E.R.A. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nkayi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkayi ( la, Nkayien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Nkayi in the Ecclesiastical province of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo. History * December 5, 1983: Established as Diocese of Nkayi from the Diocese of Pointe-Noire Leadership * Bishops of Nkayi (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Daniel Mizonzo (since 2001.10.16) ** Bishop Bernard Nsayi (1990.07.07 – 2001.10.16) ** Bishop Ernest Kombo, S.J. (1983.12.05 – 1990.07.07), appointed Bishop of Owando See also *Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo The Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over two million Catholics in the country, comprising just under half of the country's total popu ... Sources GCatholic.org Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo Christian organizations established in 1983 Roman Catholic dioceses an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Episcopal Conference Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The National Episcopal Conference of the Congo ( French: ''Conférence Épiscopale Nationale du Congo'' or CENCO) is the national episcopal conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The conference is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). List of presidents of the conference: * Vito Roberti, Apostolic Delegate, 1962–1963 * Félix Scalais, Archbishop of Kinshasa, 1963–1964 * Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha, Archbishop of Bukavu, 1967–1970 * Léon Lesambo Ndamwize, Bishop of Inongo, 1970–1975 * Albert Tshomba Yungu, Bishop of Tshumbe, 1975–1979 * André Ilunga Kaseba, Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu, 1979–1984 * Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kisangani, 1984–1992 * Faustin Ngabu, Bishop of Goma, 1992–2000 * Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Archbishop of Kinshasa, 2000–2004 * Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kisangani, Ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |