Eugène Moke Motsüri
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Eugène Moke Motsüri | |
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Titular bishop of Lestrona | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Titular see of Lestrona |
In office | 1970–2015 |
Predecessor | none |
Successor | current |
Orders | |
Ordination | 9 June 1946 |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 March 1916 Mongobele, Belgian Congo |
Died | 6 April 2015 Congo | (aged 99)
Eugène Moke Motsüri (25 March 1916 – 6 April 2015) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of the oldest living bishops and the oldest bishop in Africa until his death on 6 April 2015.
Motsüri was born in Mongobele, part of the Belgian Congo at the time, and ordained as a priest on 9 June 1946. Motsüri was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa and titular bishop of Lestona on 1 September 1970. Motsüri stayed on as Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa until his retirement on 11 May 1991.
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- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- 2015 deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Kinshasa
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