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Gérard Mulumba Kalemba

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Gérard Mulumba Kalemba
Bishop of Mweka
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Mweka
In office 19 January 1989 – 18 February 2017
Predecessor Marcel Evariste Van Rengen
Successor Oscar Nkolo Kanowa
Orders
Ordination 20 August 1967
Consecration 9 July 1989
by Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo
Personal details
Born 8 July 1937
Kananga, Kasaï Province, Belgian Congo, Belgian Empire
Died 15 April 2020 (aged 82)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (8 July 1937 – 15 April 2020) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church.

Born in Kananga, Mulumba Kalemba was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was appointed bishop of Mweka in 1989, serving until his retirement in 2017.[1] His brother, Étienne Tshisekedi, and nephew, Félix Tshisekedi, both served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

On 15 April 2020, during the DR Congo coronavirus pandemic, Mulumba Kalemba died due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.[2]

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