Kimbangu, Simon, 1887-1951

LC control no.	n 50045478
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kimbangu, Simon, 1887-1951 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kimbangu Kiangani, Simon, 1887-1951 Kimbangu, Simon, 1889?-1951
Associated country	Congo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date	1887-09-12
Death date	1951-10-12
Place of death	Elisabethville (Congo)
Field of activity	Religion Theology Civil rights
Affiliation	Eglise de Jésus-Christ sur la terre par le prophète Simon Kimbangu
Profession or occupation	Prophets Religious leaders Revolutionaries
Found in	Chomé, J. La passion de Simon Kimbangu, 1959. Kimbangu, c2009: p. 4 of cover (p. Sep. 12, 1887 in Nkamba; d. Oct. 12, 1951 in Lubumbashi after 30 years of imprisonment) Simon Kimbangu, le prophète de la libération de l'homme noir, 2014: p. 4 of cover (Simon Kimbangu, 1887-1951) Wikipedia, Nov. 25, 2014 (Simon Kimbangu (Sept. 12, 1887, Nkamba, near Thysville, Congo Free State - Oct. 12, 1951, Élisabethville, Belgian Congo) was a Congolese religious and revolutionary leader noted as the founder of Kimbanguism; his followers consider him to be the special envoy of Jesus Christ as quoted in the fourteenth chapter of the biblical Gospel of John) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kimbangu> Bibliothèque nationale de France WWW auth. file, Nov. 25, 2014 (hdg.: Kimbangu, Simon, 1889-1951 (ref.: Kimbangu Kiangani, Simon, 1889-1951) ; b.: 1889 ; d.: Oct. 12, 1951 ; nat.: Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Zairian prophet, founder of Kimbanguism; movement that gave birth to the Church of Christ on Earth through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu)