Camille Lembi Zaneli

Camille Lembi Zaneli
Bishop of Isangi
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Isangi
In office2 June 2000 – 8 July 2011
PredecessorLouis Mbwôl-Mpasi
SuccessorDieudonné Madrapile Tanzi
Orders
Ordination30 September 1979
Consecration26 November 2000
by Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
Personal details
Born(1950-04-02)2 April 1950
Died8 July 2011(2011-07-08) (aged 61)

Camille Lembi Zaneli (2 April 1950 – 8 July 2011) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Zaneli was born on 2 April 1950, in Zongo, Belgian Congo.[1] Ordained to the priesthood on 30 September 1979,[1] He worked in seminaries in Kananga and Kinshasa.[1] He also served as a parish priest for two parishes in Martinique in 1999.[1]

He was appointed the bishop of Isangi by Pope John Paul II on 17 June 2000.[1][2]

Death

Bishop Zaneli was killed in the crash of Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952 at Bangoka International Airport, Kisangani, on 8 July 2011.[1] He was 61 years old.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Congo: nell'incidente aereo di Kisangani è morto anche il vescovo di Isangi mons. Lembi Zaneli". Radio Vaticana. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  2. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli (Zanelli) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.