{"id":2184,"date":"2020-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:02:10","slug":"gerard-mulumba-kalemba-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2184","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9rard Mulumba Kalemba, bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gérard Mulumba Kalemba \u2011 a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Born in Kananga, Mulumba Kalemba was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was appointed bishop of Mweka in 1989, serving until his retirement in 2017. His brother, Étienne Tshisekedi, and nephew, Félix Tshisekedi, both served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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On 15 April 2020, during the DR Congo coronavirus pandemic, Mulumba Kalemba died due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Gérard Mulumba Kalemba \u2011 a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.   Born in Kananga, Mulumba Kalemba was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was appointed bishop of Mweka in 1989, serving until his retirement in 2017. 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