Emmanuel Milingo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Emmanuel Milingo

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1930

Place of Birth: Zambia

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: Zambia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Emmanuel Milingo (born June 13, 1930) is a former Roman Catholic archbishop from Zambia.
In 1969, aged 39, Milingo was consecrated by Pope Paul VI as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.In 1983, he stepped down from his position as Archbishop of Lusaka after criticism for exorcism and faith healing practices unapproved by church authorities.In 2001, when Milingo was 71, he received a marriage blessing from Sun Myung Moon, the leader of the Unification Church, despite the prohibition on marriage for ordained priests.
In July 2006, he established Married Priests Now!, an advocacy organization to promote the acceptance of married priests in the Roman Catholic Church.
On September 24, 2006, Milingo consecrated four men as bishops without a papal mandate.
The Holy See Press Office announced two days later that Milingo had been automatically excommunicated by that act.
On December 17, 2009, the Holy See Press Office announced that Milingo had been reduced to the lay state, making him no longer a member of the Catholic clergy.He retired from ministry in his movement for married priests in March 2013, appointing Peter Paul Brennan to take his place.