Edouard Kisonga Ndinga

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Edouard Kisonga Ndinga (26 April 1946 – 20 August 2025) was a Congolese Roman Catholic prelate.

Biography

Kisonga Ndinga was ordained a priest on 7 June 1981. Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Kinshasa and titular bishop of Grumentum on 29 October 1999. The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi CICM, consecrated him bishop on 30 January of the following year at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano, Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eugène Moke Motsüri, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kinshasa.[1]

On 30 January 2022, Pope Francis accepted his retirement due to age.[2]

Kisonga Ndinga died on 20 August 2025, at the age of 79.[3]

References

  1. 1."Bishop Edouard Kisonga Ndinga [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. 2."Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. 3.EWTN. "Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa in DR Congo Dies Aged 79, Eulogized as "a humble servant, man of prayer"". ACI Africa. Retrieved 21 August 2025.