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Malula, Joseph, 1917-1989

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Personal name headingMalula, Joseph, 1917-1989
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Variant(s)Joseph Malula, 1917-1989
Malula, Joseph-Albert, 1917-1989
Associated countryCongo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date1917-12-17
Death date1989-06-14
Place of birthKinshasa (Congo)
Place of deathLouvain (Belgium)
AffiliationAfrican Synod
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Congo)
Profession or occupationCardinals Bishops Priests
Found inHis Directoire de la pastorale du ... 1984: t.p. (cardinal Malula, archevêque de Kinshasa)
An. pont., 1985: p. 57 (Malula, Joseph; b. 12/17/17)
Le Cardinal Malula, c1992: p. 23 (d. 06/14/89)
Wikipedia, Apr. 4, 2014 (Joseph Malula; Joseph-Albert Malula; b. Dec. 12, 1917 in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, DR Congo); installed as archbishop of Léopoldville in 1964; first cardinal from Zaire, 1969; removed from his residence by Pres. Mobutu in 1971 after expressing disapproval of Christians giving up their baptismal names; d. in hospital in Leuven, Belgium, June 14, 1989)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Malula, Joseph Albert; Roman Catholic cardinal; born 12 December 1917 in Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic; attended seminary at Bolongo (1934-1937) before attending the Kabwe seminary, where he prepared for the priesthood for eight years; was ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood (1946); served as a teacher at a seminary; was chosen by Pope Pius XII to become the auxiliary bishop of Léopoldville; attended and supported the Vatican II Council (1962-1965); was named Archbishop of Kinshasa (1964); became a cardinal (1969); was forced into exile (1972); was named the co-head of the African synod of bishops (1985); died 14 June 1989 in Louvain, Belgium)
Associated languagefre
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