Basile Mvé Engone

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]

Styles of
Basile Mvé Engone
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenot applicable

Biography

Mvé Engone was born in Nkolmelène, 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 Bishop François Ndong, with Archbishop André Fernand Anguilé and Bishop Félicien-Patrice Makouaka 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
  1. Mvé Engone, Basile, S.D.B. Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Cheney, David M. "Libreville (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Institute of Consecrated Life) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  5. "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.
  6. Catholic World News. Vatican confirms briefing on motu proprio; publication near June 28, 2007
Preceded by
André Fernand Anguilé		 Archbishop of Libreville
April 3, 1998—present		 Succeeded by
(incumbent)


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