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Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba

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Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba
Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro
In office 11 October 1991 – 6 March 2016
Predecessor Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi
Successor Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
Previous posts Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (1982-1991)
Titular Bishop of Simidicca (1980-1982)
Auxiliary Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (1980-1982)
Orders
Ordination 21 September 1969
Consecration 7 June 1981
by Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi[1]
Personal details
Born 1941
Mokombe (northwest of Opala), Stanleyville Province, Belgian Congo, Belgian Empire
Died 6 March 2016 (aged 74–75)

Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba (1941 – 6 March 2016) was a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1969, Kumuondala Mbimba was named auxiliary bishop and then diocesan bishop of Bokunga-Ikela, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1982. In 1991, he was named archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Besunga. He died while still in office.[2]

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