Marie-Édouard Mununu
Congolese Trappist prelate and monk
About Marie-Édouard Mununu
Lived 1936 – 2022 (aged 86). Marie-Édouard Mununu was a Congolese theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Marie-Édouard Mununu-Kasiala (15 August 1936 – 5 December 2022) was a Congolese Roman Catholic prelate and Trappist monk. Prior of the Notre Dame of Emmanual Monastery of Kasanza in 1975, he was auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit from 1985 to 1986 and subsequently bishop of Kikwit from 1986 to 2016.
Biography Mununu was one of the first Trappist monks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He entered the Monastère Notre-Dame de l'Emmanuel de Kasanza upon its foundation in 1958. On 20 August 1967, he was ordained a priest, the first Trappist priest in the country. In December 1975, he was elected Prior of the monastery.
On 8 November 1984, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit.
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Congolese Trappist prelate and monk
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Marie-Édouard Mununu was born on 15 August 1936.
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Marie-Édouard Mununu died on 5 December 2022.
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Marie-Édouard Mununu was a theologian, catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Marie-Édouard Mununu was Congolese.
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