Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ( born October 7, 1939 in Mongobele, Democratic Republic of the Congo ) is Archbishop of Kinshasa.
Life
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya comes from a family that belonged to the royal families of the tribe of Basakata. The family name " Monsengwo " means " grandson of the traditional chief ."
From 1946 to 1951 he attended primary school in Nioki. 1951 Monsengwo Pasinya joined Bokoro in the seminary. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya studied from 1957 to 1960 philosophy at the seminary of the Archdiocese of Kananga. In 1960 he was sent to Rome at the Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide. Monsengwo Pasinya studied Catholic theology at the Pontifical Urban University. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya received on 21 December 1963 in Rome by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Grégoire -Pierre Cardinal Agagianian, the sacrament of Holy Orders and was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese Inongo. 1964 acquired Monsengwo Pasinya at the Pontifical Urban University, the Licentiate in Catholic theology. From 1964 to 1970 he studied Biblical exegesis at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. In 1968 he spent a term at the Jerusalem branch of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. During this time Monsengwo Pasinya Modern learned Hebrew. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya in 1970 at the Pontifical Biblical Institute with an exegetical thesis entitled " La notion de, Nomos ' dans le Pentateuque grec " ( "The term ' Nomos ' in the Greek Pentateuch " ) received his doctorate in theology. He was the first African who has a doctorate in Biblical exegesis.
From 1970 to 1971, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya lecturer at the Faculty of Theology and professor of biblical exegesis Lovanium at the seminary John XXIII. in Kinshasa. He was from 1971 to 1972 professor of exegesis of the Old Testament, Hebrew, and Biblical Theology of the Old Testament at the University of Zaire. Monsengwo Pasinya was from 1972 to 1980 professor at the Theological Faculty of Kinshasa. He was also from 1972 to 1975 Assistant Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Zaire. In 1976, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya co-founder of the Journées Bibliques Africa Ines ( JBA ). From 1976 to 1980, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Zaire.
On 13 February 1980, Pope John Paul II appointed Titular Bishop of Aquae novae in Proconsulari and appointed him auxiliary bishop in Inongo. He received his episcopal consecration on 4 May of that year, Pope John Paul II at the Cathedral Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa; Co-consecrators were the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, and the Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Joseph -Albert Maloula. On April 7, 1981, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of John Paul II. John Paul II appointed him on 1 September 1988 as Archbishop of Kisangani. On 6 December 2007, he was named Pope Benedict XVI. Archbishop of Kinshasa. The inauguration took place on 2 February 2008.
In solemn consistory of November 20, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI took him. as cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria " Regina Pacis " in Ostia mare in the College of Cardinals.
June 30, 2012 he was appointed Benedict XVI. together with the Bishop of Hong Kong, John Tong Hon, Cardinal and Archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortegal, delegated to the President of the XIII. General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops ( October 7 to 28, 2012).
With the task of advising the Pope on the management of the universal Church, and changes in the organization of the Curia regulatory Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus prepare, Pope Francis him in April 2013 as a member of the Cardinal Council, a group of eight cardinals, the Pope in terms to advise on the reform of the Curia determined.
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya speaks 14 languages.
About Diocesan tasks
Roman Curia
Congolese Episcopal Conference
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
Other organizations
Awards
1993: Honorary doctorate from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Works (selection)
- La notion de " nomos " dans le grec Pentateuque, Rome, 1973
- Inculturation you Message à l' exemple du Zaire, Kinshasa, 1979
- Esprit communautaire africain Éditions Saint Paul Afrique, Kinshasa, 1982
- L' église catholique au Zaïre: ses tâches, ses défis, ses options Éditions Saint Paul Afrique, Limete, Kinshasa, 1991, ISBN 978-27-414-0019-6
- Déclaration de Monseigneur L. Monsengwo Pasinya, Président du HCR- PT, sur la situation politique, 1995
- Monseigneur Jan Van Cauwelaert, pasteur et visionnaire, Belgium, 1997
- Repartir du Christ. Pour un monde plus fraternel, solidaire et accueillant, in: People on the Move, 35, No. 93, 2003, pp. 211-216.