Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.

Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle

Motto: Ad Imaginem Dei Creavit Illum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Mar 1967		Born
8 Sep 1993	26.4	Professed	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
6 Sep 1997	30.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
9 Aug 1998	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
26 May 2009	42.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bangui, Central African Republic
14 May 2012	45.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
22 Jul 2012	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
29 Jul 2012	45.3	Installed	Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic
19 Nov 2016	49.6	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	49.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle
18 Dec 2016	49.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea della Valle

MicroData Summary
Dieudonné Nzapalainga
Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga C.S.Sp.
(born 14 Mar 1967)
Archbishop of Bangui

Ad Limina - May 2015: Bishop
Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Mbomou, Diocese of Bangassou
Ordained Priest Bangassou, Diocese of Bangassou
Ordained Bishop Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Bangui, Archdiocese of Bangui

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Bangui.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Bangassou
Principal Consecrator:
Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo
Titular Archbishop of Novica
Bishop Edouard Mathos †
Bishop of Bambari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fernando Cardinal Filoni (2001)
Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † (2014)
Bishop Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. (2017)
Bishop Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I. (2017)
Bishop Mirosław Gucwa (2018)
Bishop Severin Nziengui Mangandza, C.S.Sp. (2022)
Bishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (2022)
Bishop Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D. (2024)
Bishop Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.I. (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mbomou, Diocese of Bangassou
Ordained Priest	Bangassou, Diocese of Bangassou
Ordained Bishop	Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée Conception, Cathedral, Bangui, Archdiocese of Bangui

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1418151898608324190009
WikiData: Q1224285

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 May 2012
ob/c2: CB, 14 May 2012
c34: CB, 22 Jul 2012
i: CB, 31 Jul 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,504
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
i: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2016
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

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