Installed 29 July 2012 Consecration 22 July 2012 Appointed 14 May 2012 | See Bangui Birth name Dieudonné Nzapalainga Ordination 9 August 1998 | |
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Other posts President of the Central African Episcopal Conference (2013-)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Andrea della Valle Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui | ||
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Dieudonné Nzapalainga (born 14 March 1967) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and the current Archbishop of Bangui in the Central African Republic and a professed member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Nzapalainga served as the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Bangui from 2009 until mid-2012 when Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as its metropolitan archbishop; since 2013 he serves as the President of the Central African Episcopal Conference.
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- Mons dieudonn nzapalainga sar creato cardinale nel concistoro del 19 novembre
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When Pope Francis made Nzapalainga a cardinal on 19 November 2016 he became the youngest cardinal and the first born after the Second Vatican Council.
Mons dieudonn nzapalainga sar creato cardinale nel concistoro del 19 novembre
Life
Dieudonné Nzapalainga was born in Bangassou on 14 March 1967.
After he completed his secondary schooling he commenced his period of formation with the Spiritans and began his time as a postulant at Otéle in Cameroon. Nzapalainga underwent his philosophical studies at Libreville in Gabon and his novitiate with the order in Mbalmayo in Cameroon while later undergoing theological studies in France. He professed his initial vows into the order on 8 September 1993 and later made his perpetual profession on 6 September 1997; he was later elevated to the diaconate the following day. He was later ordained to the priesthood on 9 August 1998 in Bangassou.
The new priest began his pastoral mission in Marseille in France and worked as a chaplain at the Saint Francis de Sales house there while also ministering at the parish of Saint Jerome. In total he served in France from 1998 until 2005 when he returned to the Central African Republic. In March 2006 he was appointed as the Regional Superior for his region of the order and remained as such until 2008.
Nzapalainga became the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Bangui following the resignation of Paulin Pomodimo and remained as such until mid-2012. Pope Benedict XVI - on 14 May 2012 - appointed him as the Archbishop of Bangui and he later received his episcopal consecration on 22 July 2012 from Cardinal Fernando Filoni before being installed in his new archdiocese on 29 July 2012.
Nzapalainga was elevated to the rank of Cardinal Priest at a consistory held on 19 November 2016. He was assigned the titular church of Sant'Andrea della Valle. He became the youngest member of the College of Cardinals. He assumed possession of his titular church on 18 December 2016.