Floribert Songasonga Mwitva
Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (born August 29, 1937 in Kalasa ) is Old Archbishop of Lubumbashi .
Life
Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Elisabethville on August 14, 1963 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on April 25, 1974 Bishop of Kolwezi . The Archbishop of Kinshasa , Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula , donated him the episcopal ordination on August 24th of the same year; Co- consecrators were Victor Petrus Keuppens OFM , bishop emeritus of Kolwezi, and Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku , auxiliary bishop in Kinshasa.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Lubumbashi on May 22, 1998. He resigned from his office on December 1, 2010.
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Victor Petrus Keuppens OFM |
Bishop of Kolwezi 1974–1998 |
Nestor Ngoy Katahwa |
Eugène Kabanga Songasonga |
Archbishop of Lubumbashi 1998–2010 |
Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo SDS |
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SURNAME | Songasonga Mwitwa, Floribert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese clergyman, Archbishop Emeritus of Lubumbashi |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalasa |