Vicente Carlos Kiaziku

Vicente Carlos Kiaziku OFMCap (born 28 June 1957) is an Angolan Roman Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbanza Congo in Angola since 5 Jan 2009. Before that, from 2 June 1985 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at M'banza-Kongo on 8 March 2009.

Background and education He was born on 28 August 1957 at Kimacaka-Bamba, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uíje, in Uíge Province in Angola. He attended elementary and secondary schools in his home country. He studied philosophy at a seminary in Angola. He studied theology at the School of Theology of the Capuchin Friars in Venice, Italy. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin while there. He holds a Licentiate in Education Science, awarded by the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.

Priest He became a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 22 September 1974. On 28 September 1975, he made his preliminary vows as a member of the same religious Order. He took his perpetual vows on 10 June 1984. He was ordained a priest on 2 June 1985. He served as a priest until 5 January 2009.