Tadeusz Zbigniew Kusy, O.F.M. (2 December 1951 – 31 March 2024) was a Polish Franciscan missionary and bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic.

Most Reverend

Tadeusz Zbigniew Kusy, OFM
Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
MetropolisRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro
Installed27 September 2015
Term ended31 March 2024
PredecessorAlbert Vanbuel, S.D.B.
SuccessorVacant
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination15 April 1976
by Herbert Bednorz
Consecration15 August 2014
by Dieudonné Nzapalainga C.S.Sp.
Personal details
Born
Tadeusz Kusy

(1951-12-02)2 December 1951
Cieszyn, Poland
Died31 March 2024(2024-03-31) (aged 72)
Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
NationalityPolish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materSt. Bonaventure’s Franciscan Theological Seminary in Katowice
MottoZ Tobą i dla Ciebe, Jezu! (Polish): With you and for you, Jesus!
Coat of armsTadeusz Zbigniew Kusy, OFM's coat of arms
Styles of
Tadeusz Kusy
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Biography

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Born in Cieszyn, Kusy became a member of the Franciscan Order in Katowice in 1968. He made his perpetual vows in 1974, and was ordained to the priesthood on 15 April 1976.[1] After working in parish in Katowice Panewniki, he became a missionary in Zaire in 1979. In the years 1986–1989 he studied at the Institute of Science and Theology of Religions in Paris, France. He returned to the Central African Republic in 1986. Father Kusy was an educator of young brothers in Bimbo in the Archdiocese of Bangui. He chaired the commission for the consecrated life, and was a member of the Archbishop's college of consultors.[2]

On 31 May 2014, Pope Francis appointed him bishop coadjutor of Kaga-Bandoro. Father Kusy received his episcopal consecration on the following 15 August from Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Archbishop of Bangui, with bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Albert Vanbuel, and bishop emeritus of Kole in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala, serving as co-consecrators. On 27 September 2015, he was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro.[3]

Kusy died on Easter Sunday, 31 March 2024, at the age of 72.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Prymicje biskupa z Cieszyna, OX.PL, 4 September 2014 (in Polish)
  2. ^ Schematismus Ordinis Fratrum Minorum. Roma: Curia Generalis, 2009, p. 339-340.
  3. ^ Rinuncia e successione del Vescovo di Kaga-Bandoro (Repubblica Centrafricana), Bollettino, 27 September 2015 (in Italian)
  4. ^ Zmarł bp Tadeusz Kusy OFM (in Polish)
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro
2015–2024
Succeeded by
Vacant