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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Archbishop of Kinshasa

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Born
Jan 24, 1960 Bétou, Dongou District, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Nationality
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained priest
Aug 14, 1988
Ordained bishop
Mar 6, 2005 Bokungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Appointed
Nov 25, 2018
Principal consecrator
Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba
Co-consecrators
Giovanni d'Aniello Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi
Education
Grand Séminaire de Kinshasa Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto
Les Grâces Du Seigneur Sont Avec Nous

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu is a Member of the Council of Cardinals. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., was born in Boto, in the Diocese of Molegbe, on 24 January 1960. He studied in his homeland and in Rome. He graduated in moral theology at the Alphonsianum. He was ordained a priest in 1988. He has been parish priest, professor at the Facultés Catholiques of Kinshasa, major superior, vice-provincial of the Capuchins of the vice-province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, national president of ASUMA, president of CONCAU, the Circumscription of the Friars Minor Capuchin in Africa, and president of the Capuchin committee "Cri du Pauvre" in Rome.