Vicente Carlos Kiaziku
Vicente Carlos Kiaziku OFMCap is an Angolan Roman Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbanza Congo in Angola since 5 Jan 2009. Before that, from 2 June 1985 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at M'banza-Kongo on 8 March 2009.
Background and education
He was born on 28 August 1957 at Kimacaka-Bamba, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uíje, in Uíge Province in Angola. He attended elementary and secondary schools in his home country. He studied philosophy at a seminary in Angola. He studied theology at the School of Theology of the Capuchin Friars in Venice, Italy. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin while there. He holds a Licentiate in Education Science, awarded by the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.Priest
He became a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on 22 September 1974. On 28 September 1975, he made his preliminary vows as a member of the same religious Order. He took his perpetual vows on 10 June 1984. He was ordained a priest on 2 June 1985. He served as a priest until 5 January 2009.As a priest, he served in various roles and location, including:
- Responsible for formation of the Capuchin Friars in the Vice-Province of Angola
- Lecturer at the Uíje Major Seminary.
- Master of Capuchin postulants and novices.
- First councilor of the vice-province of Angola.
- General councilor for Africa.
- Councilor general of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin since 17 July 2000.