century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa
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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: Vincent Nsengiyumva (February 10, 1936 – June 7, 1994) was a Rwandan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Kigali from 1976 until his death.

Date of birth: 10 February 1936

Date of death: 7 June 1994

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: Rwandan

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: Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre CSSp, SSPX (29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop. In 1970, he founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) as a small community of ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1905

Date of death: 25 March 1991

Age: 85 (age at death)

Occupation: Writer

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: Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo (1926 - 29 October 1996) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bukavu and was a professed member of the Jesuits. Munzihirwa served ...

Date of birth: 1926

Date of death: 29 October 1996

Age: 70 (age at death)

Occupation: Activist

Overview: Paulos Tzadua (25 August 1921–11 December 2003) was the first Ethiopian Cardinal. He served as Archbishop of Addis Abeba and was the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church from 1977 to 1998.

Date of birth: 25 August 1921

Date of death: 11 December 2003

Age: 82 (age at death)

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

Overview: Joseph-Paul Strebler (12 September 1892, Mertzwiller – 12 March 1984, Saint-Pierre) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and missionary. He was ordained as a Priest of the Society of African Missions ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1892

Date of death: 12 March 1984

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Togolese

Overview: Bernard Mohlalisi O.M.I. (March 16, 1933 – July 24, 2020) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru in Lesotho from 1990 to 2009. On June 30, 2009, his resignation due to age was ...

Date of birth: 16 March 1933

Date of death: 24 July 2020

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

Overview: Simon Ntamwana (born 3 June 1946) has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gitega in Burundi since 1997. Ntamwana was ordained as a priest on 24 March 1974 and from 1988 to 1997 he ...

Date of birth: 3 June 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: Burundian

Overview: Bernard Yago (July 1916 – October 5, 1997) was a Côte d'Ivoire Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1960 to 1994, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.

Date of birth: 1916

Date of death: 1997

Age: 80 (age at death)