Albert Vanbuel (born 5 December 1940) is a Belgian Salesian missionary and former bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic. He was educated at the Don Bosco College in Hechtel and entered the Salesian novitiate in 1958. He made his perpetual vows in 1965, and was ordained priest in 1967. He studied Religious and Moral Sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain, graduating in 1969, and followed this with a degree in Theology in 1971.[1]
Albert Vanbuel | |
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| Born | 5 December 1940 Zolder, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Period in office | since 1958 |
After holding several appointments in his order in Belgium, and working some time as a parish priest and youth worker, he became a missionary in Central Africa in 1994. On 16 July 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Kaga-Bandoro.[2]
On 9 June 2011, as president of the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace, he sent an appeal to the international community "to provide the necessary logistical and material support to the fight against the growing insecurity in the country".[3]
Vanbuel offered his resignation in 2015 and Pope Francis accepted it on 27 September 2015. He was succeeded by Tadeusz Kusy OFM.[4]
References
edit- ^ Pope appoints new Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Agenzia Fides release, 18 July 2005.
- ^ Limburger Bert Vanbuel wordt bisschop in Centraal-Afrika, Het Nieuwsblad, 18 July 2005 (in Dutch)
- ^ Widespread insecurity forcing the population to live in despair, Agenzia Fides release, 11 June 2011 (with link to full text in French).
- ^ Rinuncia e successione del Vescovo di Kaga-Bandoro (Repubblica Centrafricana), Bollettino, 27 September 2015 (in Italian)
External links
edit- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/mar/07/central-african-republic-humanitarian-crisis
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/27/central-african-republic-rebels-seleka
- http://ncronline.org/news/global/central-african-republic-bishops-christians-subject-pillage-rape
- http://www.caritas.org/2013/01/bishops-call-ceasefire-central-african-republic/
- http://www.fides.org/en/news/33643-AFRICA_CENTRAL_AFRICA_Planned_destruction_of_Christian_churches_the_Bishops_denounce#.U5GNJJSSwQ4
- http://fr.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/03/11/centrafrique_:_loin_de_bangui,_la_m%C3%A9diation_dun_%C3%A9v%C3%AAque_/fr1-780340
- http://212.77.9.18/search?q=vanbuel&btnG.x=11&btnG.y=6&btnG=Recherche&sort=date%3AD%3AS%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=fr&proxystylesheet=fr&site=fr&filter=p&getfields=urlPhoto[permanent dead link]