Basile Mvé Engone
| Styles of Basile Mvé Engone | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Basile Mvé Engone (born May 30, 1941) is a Gabonese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.[1] He currently serves as Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon.[2]
Biography[]
Mvé Engone was born in , in the Oyem bishopric of Gabon. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 29, 1973 as a priest in the Salesians of Saint John Bosco.[3]
Episcopal career[]
Mvé Engone was appointed coadjutor bishop of Oyem, Gabon on August 24, 1980. He received his episcopal consecration on the same day from , with and serving as co-consecrators. On the retirement of Ndong, Mvé Engone succeeded him as Bishop of Oyem on August 23, 1982. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the see of Libreville on April 3, 1998.[4]
On June 27, 2007, Archbishop Mvé Engone, along with several other prelates, attended a briefing at the Apostolic Palace on Pope Benedict's impending motu proprio[5] allowing wider celebration of the Tridentine Mass.[6]
References[]
- ^ Mvé Engone, Basile, S.D.B. Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Libreville (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Institute of Consecrated Life) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Letter to the Bishops that accompanies the Apostolic Letter "Motu Proprio data" Summorum Pontificum on the Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970 (July 7, 2007) | BENEDICT XVI". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ Catholic World News. Vatican confirms briefing on motu proprio; publication near June 28, 2007
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