Type: | Bishop |
Eugène Moke Motsüri | |
Titular bishop of Lestrona | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Titular see of Lestrona |
Term: | 1970–2015 |
Predecessor: | none |
Successor: | current |
Ordination: | 9 June 1946 |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1916 |
Birth Place: | Mongobele, Belgian Congo |
Death Place: | Congo |
Eugène Moke Motsüri (25 March 1916 – 6 April 2015) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of the oldest living bishops and the oldest bishop in Africa until his death on 6 April 2015.
Motsüri was born in Mongobele, part of the Belgian Congo at the time, and ordained as a priest on 9 June 1946. Motsüri was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa and titular bishop of Lestona on 1 September 1970. Motsüri stayed on as Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa until his retirement on 11 May 1991.