Henrique Of Kongo (bishop)
Henrique (born Henrique Kinu a Mvemba; 1495 - 1531) was a Kilukeni, prince of Kongo and a son of Afonso I of Kongo, Afonso I. He became a Catholic Church, Catholic priest shortly after the Christianization of the kingdom and dedicated his life to the catechism of the Congo people, Kongolese, being appointed in 1518 titular bishop of Utica, in present-day Tunisia. He was the first Central Africa, central African bishop in history. History According to the work of Filippo Pigafetta, ''The Kingdom of the Kongo and the Surrounding Regions'' (1591); written from the notes of , Henrique was born in Nsundi in 1495, being the son of Afonso I who was acclaimed King of the Kongo in 1509. Shortly afterwards the king sent many of his children and other nobles to study in Coimbra, Portugal to aid him in modernizing the kingdom. Among those sent included his own son Henrique, who was sponsored by the king Manuel I of Portugal, Dom Manuel I, himself. On May 5, 1518, at the age of 24, the prince ...
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ...
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