About Dieudonné Nzapalainga
Dieudonné Nzapalainga, CSSp (born 14 March 1967) is a Central African prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Bangui since 2012, where he served as apostolic administrator from 2009 to 2012. He has been president of the Central African Episcopal Conference since 2013. He is a member of the Spiritans. When Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2016, he became the first cardinal from the Central African Republic (CAR), the youngest member of the College of Cardinals and the first born after the Second Vatican Council. He met Pope Francis when he visited the CAR in 2015, where the pope opened the first Holy Door of the Year of Mercy, Nzapalainga was elevated to the rank of cardinal priest at a consistory held on 19 November 2016. Nzapalainga became the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Bangui in 2009 following the resignation of Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo.
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