RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya

1939 - 2021

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Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (7 October 1939 – 11 July 2021) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Kinshasa from 2007 to 2018. He became a cardinal in 2010. He was widely recognized as a champion of peace, dialogue, and human rights. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya is the 1,381st most popular religious figure (up from 2,183rd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Congolese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ranks 1,381 out of 3,187Before him are Shinran, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Shamgar, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni, Cristóvão Ferreira, and Sultan Walad. After him are Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Vitalis of Milan, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Henri Estienne, Claudio Acquaviva, and Joseph Franklin Rutherford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ranks 124Before him are Bernard Kouchner, Seán Brady, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Ginger Baker, Lee Majors, and Nikola Pilić. After him are Karel Brückner, Enrico Albertosi, Scott McKenzie, Yaphet Kotto, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Dieter Schwarz. Among people deceased in 2021, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ranks 131Before him are Helen McCrory, Mira Furlan, Tarcisio Burgnich, Yuriy Sedykh, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, and Ion Mihai Pacepa. After him are Adam Zagajewski, Enrique Bolaños, Yaphet Kotto, Lucinda Riley, Nino Castelnuovo, and Đorđe Balašević.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ranks 10 out of 107Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), Denis Mukwege (1955), Claude Makélélé (1973), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), and Félix Tshisekedi (1963). After him are Antoine Gizenga (1925), Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Papa Wemba (1949), Simon Kimbangu (1887), and Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among religious figures born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya ranks 2Before him are Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960). After him are Simon Kimbangu (1887), and Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (1937).