century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa
https://static.famousfix.com/img/ff/favicon.ico
FamousFix.com
Overview: Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov (January 22, 1931 – January 26, 2010) was a Cameroonian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Bamenda from 1970 till 1982 and as archbishop from 1982 till ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1931

Date of death: 26 January 2012

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Cameroonian

Overview: Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (7 October 1939 — 11 July 2021) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kinshasa from 2007 to 2018. He became a cardinal in 2010. He is widely ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1939

Date of death: 11 July 2021

Age: 81 (age at death)

Overview: Robert Sarah (born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 20 November 2010, he was appointed the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of ...

Date of birth: 15 June 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: Guinean

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

Overview: Évariste Ngoyagoye (born January 3, 1942 in Jenda, Burundi) is the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bujumbura. He has worked in that position since 2006, having previously been a bishop ...

Date of birth: 3 January 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: Burundian

Overview: Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi (1942 – 19 November 2013) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djaména in Chad from 2003 until his death in 2013. N'Gartéri Mayadi was ordained as a priest ...

Date of birth: 1942

Date of death: 19 November 2013

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: Chadian

Overview: The Most Reverend Joseph Henry Ganda, Archbishop Emeritus, (7 March 1932 – 9 August 2023) was the retired Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo.

Date of birth: 22 March 1932

Date of death: 9 August 2023

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Sierra Leonean

Overview: Emmanuel Obbo, A. J. (born 7 October 1952), is a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who serves as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo, since 2 January 2014. He previously served as the Bishop ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1952

Age: 71

Overview: Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap (born 24 January 1960) is a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Kinshasa since his appointment on 1 November 2018. He has been a bishop ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1960

Age: 64

Overview: Lewis Jerome Zeigler (born 4 January 1944) is a Liberian Roman Catholic prelate who has been serving as the Archbishop of Monrovia since 2011. Zeigler was born in Harrisburg in 1944 and was ordained in ...

Date of birth: 4 January 1944

Date of death: 12 August 2022

Age: 78 (age at death)

Overview: Jean Zerbo (born 27 December 1943) is a Malian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Bamako since 1998. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of Cardinal on 28 June 2017. He is the first ...

Date of birth: 27 December 1943

Age: 80

Overview: Jan Romeo Pawłowski (born 23 November 1960) is a Polish archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See, currently serving as an official of the Secretariat of State. He was the Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1960

Age: 63

Overview: Jean-Pierre Kutwa (born 22 December 1945) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast since May 2006. On 12 January 2014, Pope ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1945

Age: 78

Overview: Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (born 30 March 1930) is a Togolese Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained as a priest on 20 December 1959 in Rome, later ordained as Bishop of Atakpamé on 2 May 1976. He was ...

Date of birth: 30 March 1930

Date of death: 9 January 2024

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: Togolese