Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

His Eminence Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap
Archbishop of Kinshasa
Besungu in 2019
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Kinshasa
See	Kinshasa
Appointed	1 November 2018
Installed	25 November 2018
Predecessor	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Other post(s)	Vice-President of the Congo National Episcopal Conference (2016–) Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa (2019–) Member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers (2020–)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela (2004–16) Apostolic Administrator of Kole (2008–15) Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka-Bikoro (2016) Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro (2016–18) Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela (2016–18) Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa (2018)
Orders
Ordination	14 August 1988
Consecration	6 March 2005 by Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba
Created cardinal	5 October 2019 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960-01-24) 24 January 1960 Boto, Belgian Congo
Alma mater	Alphonsian Academy
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Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap (born 24 January 1960) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who has been the Archbishop of Kinshasa since 2018. He was the Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela from 2004 to 2016, Apostolic Administrator of Kole from 2008 to 2015, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro from 2016 to 2018, Apostolic Administrator of Bokungu-Ikela from 2016 to 2018, and Coadjutor Archbishop of Kinshasa in 2018.^[1][2] Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2019.