Werurwe 2024: Abapadiri 24 batorewe kuba abepiskopi

Mu kwezi kwa Werurwe 2024, mu isi yose, Kiliziya Gatolika yungutse abepiskopi bashya 24, bivuze ko hazaba ibirori 24 byo gushyira abapadiri mu rwego rw’abepiskopi, bagahabwa inkoni y’ubushumba kandi bakicazwa mu ntebe igenewe umushumba wa diyosezi.

Kiliziya kandi izahimbazwa n’ibirori byo kwakira abepiskopi bahawe ubutumwa mu yandi madiyosezi. Turebere hamwe mu nshamake abo basenyeri bashya Kiliziya yungutse.

Abatowe kuwa 5 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Abepiskopi bashya babiri

Sri Lanka: Padiri Peter Antony Wyman Croos, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Chilaw, wari ushinzwe imitungo akaba n’intumwa y’umwepiskopi ku bihayimana bo mu turere twa Chilaw na Puttalam kuva mu 2019, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Ratnapura. Yavutse kuwa 8 Ugushyingo 1967, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 16 Nzeri 2000. 

Mu butumwa yakoze bwa gisaseridoti, harimo kuyobora ikigo cya diyosezi cy’ikenurabushyo cya Mutagatifu Yozefu (2009-2010), gushingwa Caritas ku rwego rwa diyosezi (2015-2019). 

Kuva mu 2011 kugera mu 2014, yakoreye impamyabumenyi mu bumenyamana no mu bumenyi bwibanda ku kwiga Kristu mu Butaliyani (a licentiate in pastoral theology and in Christology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy – San Tommaso d’Aquino Section in Capodimonte, Naples).

Ireland: Padiri Donal Roche, umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Dublin wari igisonga cy’Arikiyepiskopi kuva mu 2021, yatorewe kuba umushumba wunganira (auxiliary bishop) muri iyo Arikidiyosezi. Yavutse kuwa 16 Mata 1958, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 22 Kamena 1986. 

Mu butumwa yakoze bwa gisaseridoti, harimo kuba umugishwanama mu bwigishwa (catechesis consultant, 1992-1997). Yabaye umunyamabanga w’inama y’abapadiri (guhera 2011), intumwa y’umwepiskopi (episcopal vicar) mu turere twa Bray, Dun Laoghaire, Wicklow na Donnybrook kuva mu 2019.

Abatowe kuwa 6 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe umwepiskopi umwe

Brazil: Padiri Edmar José da Silva, umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Mariana wayoboraga Paruwasi ya Nossa Senhora da Conceição, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri Arikidiyosezi ya Belo Horizonte. Myr Edmar José da Silva yavutse kuwa 19 Mata 1975, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 19 Gicurasi 2001. 

Mu butumwa yasohoje nk’umupadiri, harimo kuyobora Seminari Nto (2002-2004), umuyobozi wa roho muri Seminari yigisha Filozofiya (2006-2009). Yabaye umwe mu bagize Inama y’Abapadiri (2016-2022), Inama y’Abepiskopi ((2019-2022), aba kandi umwe mu bagize inteko ngishwanama kuva mu 2015.

Abatowe kuwa 9 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Abepiskopi batatu

Indonesia: Padiri Hironimus Pakaenoni, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Kupang wari umurezi mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Kupang, akanigisha muri Kaminuza Gatolika ya Widya Mandira kuva mu 2004, yatorewe kuba Arikiyepiskopi wa Kupang. Myr Hironimus Pakaenoni yavutse kuwa 14 Mata 1969 muri diyosezi ya Atambua, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 8 Nzeri 1997 nk’umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Kupang. Mu 2003, yakoreye impamyabumenyi muri tewolojiya yibanda ku mategeko ya Kiliziya (licentiate in dogmatic theology) yakuye i Roma (Pontifical Urban University). Muri Kaminuza Gatolika ya Widya Mandira, Myr Hironimus Pakaenoni yasohojemo ubutumwa kandi ari umuyobozi w’ishami rya Filozofiya nyobokamana (2010-2018).

Madagascar: Myr Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa, wari igisonga cy’umwepiskopi muri diyosezi ya Tsiroanomandidy, akaba n’umuyobozi ku rwego rw’igihugu w’ibikorwa bya Papa (the Pontifical Mission Societies) kuva mu 2021, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Miarinarivo. Yavutse kuwa 4 Ukwakira 1972, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 29 Kanama 1999. Afite impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya gatatu cya Kaminuza muri Tewolojiya (master’s degree in theology, the Catholic Institute of Madagascar: 1999-2001).

Afite kandi impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu mategeko ya Kiliziya (licentiate and doctorate in canon law, Pontifical Urban University from 2010 to 2016). Mu bundi butumwa yasohoje harimo kuba umunyabintu n’umunyamabnga wa diyosezi ya siroanomandidy (2001-2009) ndetse no kuba umuyobozi wa diyosezi ya siroanomandidy (administrator 2017-2021).

Tanzania: Padiri Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga, umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Mbeya, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wungirije muri iyo Arikidiyosezi yari abereye Igisonga kuva mu 2019, abifatanya no kuba padiri mukuru wa paruwasi ya Mutagatifu Fransisko wa Asizi i Mwanjelwa. Yavutse kuwa 7 Werurwe 1976, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 14 Nyakanga 2005. 

Mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti yasohoje harimo kuyobora ibiro bya Arikidiyosezi bishinzwe ubwigishwa n’ikigo gishinzwe amahugurwa y’ubwigishwa (2006-2008), ahava ajya kongera ubumenyi mu Butaliyani n’i Roma aho yakuye impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga muri Tewolojiya (licentiate in sacred theology from the San Tommaso Theological Institute in Messina, Italy and doctorate in theology, the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, 2008-2017).

Abatowe kuwa 11 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Umwepiskopi umwe

Croatia: Padiri Ivo Martinović, T.O.R., wari umuyobozi bw’akarere k’ivugabutumwa ka Mutagatifu Yeronimo mu muryango wisunze mutagatifu Fransisko (provincial minister of the Province of Saint Jerome of the Third Regular Order of Saint Francis) mu gihugu cya Croatia, yatorewe kuba umushumba wa diyosezi ya Požega. Yavukiye muri Arikidiyosezi ya Đakovo-Osijek kuwa 28 Kamena 1965, akora amasezerano yambere y’abihayimana kuwa 2 Kanama 1987. Yasezeranye burundu kuwa 4 Ukwakira 1990, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 28 Kamena 1992. 

Myr Ivo yasohoje ubutumwa bunyuranye, burimo kuba padiri wungirije, padiri mukuru n’umujyanama mu rwego rw’akarere k’ivugabutumwa (provincial counselor, 2011-2013). Yabaye kandi umurezi mu iseminari nto (2013-2017), n’umwe mu bagize inama y’abapadiri (Presbyteral Council) ya Arikidiyosezi ya Split-Makarska (2013-2018).

Abatowe kuwa 13 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Umwepiskopi umwe

Brazil: Padiri Lucio Nicoletto, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Padua mu Butaliyani, umupadiri Fidei Donum wa Diyosezi ya Roraima muri Brazil, yatorewe kuba umushumba wa diyosezi ya São Félix do Araguia. Myr Lucio yavutse kuwa 18 Kanama 1972, muri diyosezi ya Paduwa, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 7 Kamena 1998. 

Yasosohoje ubutumwa butandukanye muri diyose ye, kuva 1998 kugeza mu 2005. Guhera mu 2005 yabaye umupadiri Fidei Donum mu gihugu cya Brazil, aho yasohoje ubutumwa burimo kuyobora seminari ya diyoszi, kuyobora ikenurubushyo ry’umuhamagaro, kuba umwe mu bagize inteko ngishwanama muri diyosezi ya Duque de Caxias-RJ (2005-2016). Kuva mu 2016, yabaye igisonga cy’umwepiskopi muri diyosezi ya Roraima-RR. Iyi diyosezi kandi yayibereye umuyobozi mu 2022, (administrator sede vacante).

Abatowe kuwa 14 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Umwepiskopi umwe

England: Padiri Bosco MacDonald, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Clifton, wari padiri mukuru wa paruwasi katederal Britsol kuva mu 2015, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi w’iyo diyosezi. Myr Bosco MacDonald yavutse kuwa 21 Nyakanga 1963, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 6 Nyakanga 1991. 

Mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti yasohoje, harimo: kuba padiri mukuru mu maparuwasi atandukanye (1995-1998; 1998-2008; 2009-2015). Yabaye kandi umuhuzabikorwa ku rwego rwa diyosezi w’abapadiri bashinzwe amashuri (school chaplains 1997).

Abatowe kuwa 16 Werurwe 2024 : Hatowe Umwepiskopi umwe

France: Padiri Grégoire Drouot, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Autun, wari Igisonga cy’umwepiskopi n’umuyobozi wa paruwasi “Notre-Dame-de-Bresse-Finage”, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Nevers. Myr Drouot yavutse kuwa 6 Werurwe 1976, muri Arikidiyosezi ya Lyon. Yahawe ubupadiri kuwa 1 Nyakanga 2007. Mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti yasohoje, harimo: kuba intumwa y’umwepiskopi (episcopal delegate) ishinzwe ikenurabushyo ry’urubyiruko (2013-2018). Kuva mu 2018, nibwo yahawe ubutumwa bwo kuba igisonga cy’umwepiskopi. Afite impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu mategeko. 

Abatowe kuwa 18 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe umwepiskopi umwe

Serbia : Padiri Mirko Štefković, wari umunyabintu wa diyosezi ya Subotica kuva mu 2021, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Zrenjanin. Yavutse kuwa 24 Nzeri 1977, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 29 Kamena 2004 i Roma. Mu 2006, yatsindiye impamyabumenyi muri Tewolojiya (licentiate in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University). 

Agarutse mu gihugu avukamo, yakoze imirimo itandukanye: yabaye umunyamabnga w’umwepiskopi ashinzwe n’ishyinguranyandiko (2006-2021), yabaye umuyoborabiganiro (master of ceremonies) akayobora n’ikinyamakuru cya diyosezi (2007-2016), yabaye umuvugizi wa diyosezi (2007-2016). Yabaye kandi umumnyamabanga mukuru w’Inama Mpuzamahanga y’Abepiskopi (International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius, 2016-2021). Avuga indimi zigera kuri eshashatu (Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Italian, German and English).

Kuwa 19 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Abepiskopi bashya babiri muri Brazil

Padiri Carlos Henrique Silva Oliveira, umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Brasilia, wari padiri mukuru wa Santo Cura D’Ars , yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Tocantinópolis. Myr Oliveira yavutse kuwa 13 Kanama 1972, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 7 Ukuboza 2002. Mu butumwa butandukanye yasohoje, harimo: kuba umuhuzabikorwa wa Komisiyo ishinzwe kurengera abana n’abatishoboye, umucamanza mu rukiko rwa Kiliziya, umuyobozi wa Caritas ku rwego rwa Arikidiyosezi. Kuva mu 2007 kugeza mu 2010, yaohoje ubutumwa muri diyosezi ya Roraima-RR, ari umusaseridoti fidei donum.

Padiri Vicente de Paula Tavares, wari Padiri mukuru wa paruwasi Imaculado Coração de Maria ya Arikidiyosezi ya Brasília-DF kuva mu 2022, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri iyo Arikidiyosezi. Myr Tavares yavutse 21 Mutarama 19972, avukira muri diyosezi ya Paracatu i João Pinheiro. Yahawe ubupadiri kuwa 9 Ukuboza 2006, nk’umusaseridoti bwite wa Arkidiyosezi ya Brasília. Mu butumwa yakoze bwa gisaseridoti, harimo kuba umurezi mu Iseminari ya Goiânia (2011-2014), kuyobora ikenurabushyo ryita ku muhamagaro (2015), kuba umwe mu bagize inteko y’abapadiri (the Presbyteral Council) n’inteko ngishwanama (College of Consultors).

Kuwa 21 Werurwe 2024: hatowe Abepiskopi batatu

Colombia: Padiri Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Sonsón-Rionegro wayoboraga ihuriro ry’abapadiri ryitwa “Siervos del Espíritu Santo ”kuva mu 2020, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Girardota. Myr Juan Manuel Toro Vallejo yavutse kuwa 9 Gicurasi 1959, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 3 Ugushyingo 1995. Mu butumwa yakoze nk’umupadiri, harimo kuba umurezi mu iseminari i Bogota (Seminario Intermisional Colombiano San Luis Beltrán, 1996-1997). Iyi seminari yayibereye umuyobozi kuva mu 2010 kugeza mu 2017. Yabaye kandi umurezi mu iseminari Kristu Umnusaseridoti (Seminario Cristo Sacerdote ) i yarumal (1998-1999), no mu iseminari ya Arikidiyosezi i Cali (Seminario Arquidiocesano San Pedro Apóstol in Cali 2001-2003). Yanabaye umuyobozi wa seminari ya diyosezi ya Sonsón-Rionegro (2005-2009).

Portugal: Myr Fernando Maio de Paiva, wari igisonga cy’umwepiskopi wa Setúbal, akanaba padiri mukuru wa paruwasi Nossa Senhora da Anunciada, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa Beja. Yavukiye ahitwa Oliveira mu karere ka Viseu, kuwa 16 Ugushyingo 1996, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 10 Mata 2005. 

Mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti yasohoje, harima kuba umunyabintu (econome) wa Seminari São Paulo de Almada (2005-2017),yabaye kandi umwe mu bagize inama y’abapadiri (the Presbyteral Council), ugize inteko ngiswanama (College of Consultors), ugize komisiyo ishinzwe kurinda abana n’abatishoboye. Yanabaye kandi umuyobozi w’ikigega cya diyosezi gitera inkunga abasaseridoti.

Ghana: Myr John Opoku-Agyemang, umupadiri wa diyosezi ya Konongo-Mampong wayoboraga Seminari Nkuruya ya mutagatifu Girigori (the Saint Gregory the Great Provincal Major Seminary), yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi w’iyo diyosezi ya Konongo-Mampong. Yavutse kuwa 15 Kanama 1957, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 22 Mutarama 1984. Mu 1982: Yahawe impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya mbere cya kaminuza mu bijyanye n’uburezi (Diploma in clinical pastoral education). 1983: Yahawe impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu bijyanye n’ubumenyamana (Master of Divinity in theology, the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas). 

2001: Yahawe impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu bijyanye n’ubumenyamana, agashami k’ikenurabushyo (Doctorate in pastoral theology, the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota). Kuva mu 2009, nibwo yabaye umuyobozi wa Seminari Nkuru ya Mutagatifu Grigori i Kumasi, abifatanya no kuba umwe mu bagize inteko ngishwanama ya diyosezi. Yabaye kandi, kuva 1995, umwe mu bagize Inama y’abapadiri ba diyosezi ya Konongo-Mampong.

Kuwa 25 Werurwe 2024: hatowe Abepiskopi batatu

Venezuela: Padiri José Antonio da Conceição Ferreira, wa diyosezi ya Los Teques, wari umunyamabanga mukuru w’Inama y’Abepiskopi, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Puerto Cabello. Myr da Conceição Ferreira yavutse kuwa 20 Kamena 1970, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 25 Mata 1998. Mu butumwa butandukanye yasohoje, harimo kuba umuhuzabikorwa w’abaseminari biga Filozofiya mu Iseminari ya Los Teques, intumwa y’umwepiskopi ishinzwe ibibazo bijyanye n’amategeko ya Kiliziya no kuba umunyamabanga w’ishami rishinzwe Liturujiya mu Nama y’Abepiskopi.

Germany: Padiri Paul Reder, wari padiri mukuru wa zone ya Schweinfurter Mainbogen (parish priest in solidum) muri diyosezi ya Wüzrburg, kuva 2022, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira w’iyo doyosezi. Yavutse kuwa 20 Kanama 1971, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 7 Kamena 2014. 

Mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti bunyuranye yasohoje, harimo kuba padiri mukuru wungirije (deputy parish priest) mu maparuwasi atandukanye no kuba Padiri wungirije (parish vicar:), mu bihe bitandukanye no mu maparuwasi atandukanye.

Myanmar: Padiri Felice Ba Htoo, umusaseridoti wa diyosezi ya Pekhon, wari umunyamabanga wa diyosezi, abifatanya no kuba padiri mukuru wa paruwasi yaragijwe Nyina w’Imana, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi w’umuragwa (coadjutor bishop) wa diyosezi ye ya Pekhon. Myr Ba Htoo yavutse kuwa 27 Mata 1963, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 4 Mata 1991. Afite impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu bumenyamana, yakuye i Roma (Doctorate in spiritual theology). Bumwe mu butumwa yashoje:

1.     1997-2000: Yabaye umuyobozi wa Seminari ya Mutagatifu Tereza i Tunggyi(Saint Theresa’s Intermediate Seminary)

2.     2008-2011: Yabaye umuyobozi ushinzwe roho (spiritual director) n’umurezi mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Mutagatifu Mikayile i Pekhon

3.     2011-2019: Yabaye umurezi mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Mutagatifu Yozefu i Yangon

4.     2019-2021: Yabaye Umunyamabanga w’umwepiskpi

5.     2022: Yabaye umwarimu udahoraho (visiting professor)mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Loikaw-Taunggyi

Kuwa 26 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Abepiskopi babiri bunganira (auxiliary bishops)

Myanmar: Padiri Francis Than Htun, wari padiri mukuru wa paruwasi ya Mutagatifu Yohani kuva mu 2021, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri Arikidiyosezi ya Yangon. Myr Than Htun yavutse kuwa 14 Werurwe 1974, muri Arikidoyosezi ya Mandalay. Yahawe ubupadiri kuwa 19 Werurwe 2002 nk’umusaseridoti bwite wa Arikidiyosezi ya Yangon. Bumwe mu butumwa bwa gisaseridoti yasohoje: yabaye padiri wungirije (parish vicar) mu bihe bitandukanye no mu maparuwasi atandukanye (2002-205). Yabaye umuyobozi wa Cari

tas (2005-2011), hanyuma amara imyaka 10 muri Amerika (U.S.A.), aho yigiye amasomo ajyanye n’uburezi (clinical pastoral education).

Colombia: Padiri Alejandro Díaz García, wari Vikeri w’umwepiskopi (episcopal vicar) muri zone ya San Pabloi kuva mu 2022, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri Arikidiyosezi ya Bogotá. Myr Alejandro yavukiye i Bogotá, kuwa 1 Kamena 1974, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 4 Ukuboza 1999. Afite impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga mu Bumenyamana, yakuye i Roma (doctorate in moral theology from the Pontifical Alphonsian Academy). Nk’umupadiri, yabaye umurezi mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Bogotá mu bihe bitandukanye (2004-2009; 2019-2021). Yanabaye kandi umuyobozi w’Inama ya Papa ishinzwe iyogezabutumwa rishya (official of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, 2012-2019).

Kuwa 27 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe Abepiskopi babiri bunganira 

Kenya : Padiri John Kiplimo Lelei, wari Igisonga cy’umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Eldoret, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri iyo diyosezi . Yavutse kuwa 15 Kanama 1958, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 26 Ukwakira 1985. Afite impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga muri Tewolojiya, mu gashami ka Liturujiya, yakuye muri Kaminuza ya Wien. Yakoze ubutumwa butandukanye muri diyosezi ye ndetse no muri Arikidiyosezi ya Vienna (1996-2002). Yabaye umurezi muri za Kaminuza zinyuranye:

• 1.     Kminuza yigisha ibijyanye n’ikenurabushyo - The AMECEA Pastoral Institute of Gaba (2003-2004)
• 2.     Kaminuza yigisha ibijyanye n’iterambere - The Institute of Development Studies in Kobujoi (2003-2008)
• 3.     Iseminari Nkuru yaragijwe Mutagatifu Matiyasi Mulumba - The Saint Matthias Mulumba Senior Seminary in Tindinyo (2003-2008; 2008-2017)
• 4.     Iseminari Nkuru yaragijwe Mutagatifu Tomasi - The Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi (rector: 2017-2023).

Guatemala: Padiri Eddy René Calvillo Díaz, umusaseridoti wa Arikidiyosezi ya Santiago de Guatemala wari padiri mukuru wa paruwasi Nuestra Señora de Fátima kuva mu 2018, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wunganira muri iyo Arikidiyosezi. Yavutse kuwa 13 Nyakanga 1970. Mu 1992, nibwo yatangiye amasomo mu iseminari Nkuru, ahabwa ubupadiri 20 Kanama 1999. Mu butumwa bunyuranye yasohoje, harimo kuba padiri wungirije (deputy parish priest): paruwasi ya Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (1999-2002; 2004-2005) na paruwasi ya Nuestra Señora de Montserrat (2002). 

Yabaye padiri mukuru (parish priest) mu maparuwasi atandukanye: paruwasi ya Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (2005-2007), paruwasi ya Cristo Rey (2007-2014) n’iya Santísimo Nombre de Jesús (2015-2018). Guhera mu 2010, yasohoje ubutumwa nk’umunyamabanga wa Arikidiyosezi. Kuva mu 2002 kugeza mu 2004, yari mu masomo i Roma, yiga ibijyanye n’amategeko ya Kiliziya (canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University).

Kuwa 28 Werurwe 2024: Hatowe umwepiskopi umwe

Angola: Padiri Vicente Sanombo wo muri Arikidiyosezi ya Huambo, wari igisonga cy’Arikiyepiskopi kuva mu 2010 na padiri mukuru wa paruwasi katederali kuva mu 2009, yatorewe kuba umwepiskopi wa diyosezi ya Kwito-Bié. Myr Vicente yavutse kuwa 23 Ukwakira 1964, ahabwa ubupadiri kuwa 6 Ugushyingo 1992. Bumwe mu butumwa yasohoje: Yabaye umucungamutungo, umuyobozi wa seminari nto, umuyobozi wa seminari yigisha filozofiya ya Huambo, umuyobozi w’ikigo cy’ikenurabushyo kitiriwe Umushumba Mwiza. Kuva 2004, yigishije mu Iseminari Nkuru ya Huambo, yaragijwe Kristu Umwami.

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