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Bishop Léonard Kakudji Muzinga

Bishop of Kamina

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Born
Mar 13, 1970 Kalemie, Tanganyika Province, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Nationality
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained priest
Jul 31, 2005 852 Av. Kapenda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained bishop
Feb 2, 2024 Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Appointed
Feb 2, 2024
Principal consecrator
Fulgence Muteba Mugalu
Co-consecrators
Gaston Kashala Ruwezi S.D.B. Richard Kazadi Kamba

Msgr. Léonard Kakudji Muzinga was born on 13 March 1970 in Kalemie. After his studies in philosophy and theology in the Saint Paul Major Seminary in Kambikila, Lubumbashi, he was ordained a priest on 31 July 2005 for the archdiocese of Lubumbashi. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Joseph and director of the Institut Technique Saint François Xavier in Likasi (2005-2012), head of youth pastoral care in the Likasi sector (2007-2011), parish priest of Saint Paul in Lubumbashi (since 2012), chaplain and referent for Sisters of the Bakhita Family (since 2013), and episcopal vicar for diocesan works in Lubumbashi (2019-2021). Since 2023 he has been a member of the diocesan Board for Economic Affairs. Removal of bishop of Tyler, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator The Holy Father has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tyler, United States of America, and has appointed Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator of the same diocese, rendering it sede vacante.