Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika

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Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (born March 10, 1932 in Phuka Kumbi ; † March 12, 2019 in Kinshasa ) was a Congolese clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Boma .

Life

Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika studied literature at Mbata-Kiela in Congo Central and then philosophy and theology at the Kabwe seminary in Kasaï . He was ordained a priest on April 12, 1959 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Boma diocese . He was active in pastoral care in Kangu and Bischumbe.

Pope Paul VI appointed him on January 30, 1975 Coadjutor Bishop of Boma and Titular Bishop of Zica . The Bishop of Tshumbe , Albert Tshomba Yungu , donated him episcopal ordination on August 17th of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula , Archbishop of Kinshasa , and Pierre Kimbondo , Archbishop ad personam of Kisantu .

After Raymond Ndudi's resignation , he succeeded him on November 22, 1975 as Bishop of Boma. Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Belesasa on May 21, 2001 after his resignation .

In 1975 he became President of the National Bishops' Conference of the Congo.

Fonts

  • La réconciliation traditionnelle Yombe. Son expression sacramentelle in une liturgy africaine. Thèse de doctorat en théologie avec spécialication en liturgie , Pontificium Institutum Liturgicum Anselmianum, Rome 1975

literature

  • Innocent Muanda Muana Futi: Son Excellence Mgr Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika évêque de Boma: célébration de son Jubilé d'argent épiscopal (1975-2000) , Médiaspaul 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congo central: les fidèles you diocèse de Boma informes you décès de Mgr Mbadu Kikhela Kupika. acpcongo.com, March 14, 2019, accessed March 15, 2019 (French).
predecessor Office successor
Raymond Ndudi Bishop of Boma
1975-2001 		Cyprien Mbuka CICM
personal data
SURNAME Mbadu Kikhela Kupika, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Boma
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Phuka Kumbi
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2019
Place of death Kinshasa