Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya

Congolese Roman Catholic cardinal

Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (7 October 1939 – 11 July 2021) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kinshasa from 2007 to 2018. He became a cardinal in 2010.


Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa
Monsengwo Pasinya in 2007
ChurchCatholic Church
ProvinceKinshasa
SeeKinshasa
Appointed6 December 2007
Installed2 February 2008
Term ended1 November 2018
PredecessorFrédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi
SuccessorFridolin Ambongo Besungu
Other postsCardinal-Priest of S. Maria "Regina Pacis" in Ostia mare
Member of the Council of Cardinals
Orders
Ordination21 December 1963
by Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Consecration4 May 1980
by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal20 November 2010
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth nameLaurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Born(1939-10-07)7 October 1939
Mongobele, Belgian Congo
Died11 July 2021(2021-07-11) (aged 81)
Versailles, France
NationalityCongolese
Previous post
MottoIn fide veritatis
(English: In faith truth)
Coat of armsLaurent Monsengwo Pasinya's coat of arms

Pasinya died on 11 July 2021 under hospice care in Versailles, France at the age of 81.[1][2]

References change

  1. Assignon, Carole (11 July 2021). "Le cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya est mort ce dimanche" [Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya died this Sunday]. Deutsche Welle (in French).
  2. Le Normand, Xavier (11 July 2021). "Grande figure de l'Église congolaise, le cardinal Monsengwo est mort" [Great figure of the Congolese Church, Cardinal Monsengwo is dead]. La Croix (in French).