Eugène Moke Motsüri (25 March 1916 – 6 April 2015) was a

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 ...

prelate of the

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. He was one of the oldest living bishops and the oldest bishop in Africa until his death on 6 April 2015. Motsüri was born in Mongobele, part of the

Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colo ...

at the time, and ordained as a priest on 9 June 1946. Motsüri was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the

Archdiocese of Kinshasa The Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Kinshasana''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Kinshasa'') is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the capital city o ...

and titular bishop of Lestona on 1 September 1970. Motsüri stayed on as Auxiliary bishop of the

until his retirement on 11 May 1991.

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