venerated death_date consecration other_post created_cardinal_by article_title term birth_date archdiocese church death_place metropolis title rank diocese name enthroned cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place saint_title motto type ordained_by previous_post successor see ordination birth_name
roman catholic church 23 march 1977 -lrb- aged 50 -rrb- 17 may 1970 cardinal-priest -rrb- president of the congo episcopal conference -lrb- 1971-1977 -rrb- of san marco in agro laurentino -lrb- 1973-1977 pope paul vi Émile biayenda
 14 june 1971 - 23 march 1977 1927 brazzaville roman catholic church brazzaville , democratic republic of congo brazzaville archbishop of brazzaville cardinal-priest brazzaville Émile biayenda 1971 5 march 1973 sergio pignedoli théophile mbemba mfinkabitungu congo , malela-bombe , kindamba , democratic republic of servant of god '' at your word i will let down the net '' in -rrb- verbo tuo laxabo rete '' -lrb- `` cardinal michel-jules-joseph-marie bernard chaplain titular archbishop of garba -lrb- 1970-1971 -rrb- codajutor archbishop of of brazzaville -lrb- 1970-1971 -rrb- the legion of mary -lrb- 1962-1965 -rrb- barthélémy batantu brazzaville 26 october 1958 Émile biayenda
Émile biayenda

Émile biayenda -lrb- 1927 -- 23 march 1977 -rrb- was the archbishop of brazzaville in congo from 1971 to 1977 and was also a cardinal of the roman catholic church .
he was born in 1927 in mpangala , vinza .
he was ordained to the priesthood in 1958 and was consecrated as a bishop in 1970 .
he was elevated to the cardinalate by pope paul vi in 1973 .
he was murdered in 1977 .
his cause of canonization has commenced - he now has the title of servant of god with the initiation of the cause in 1995 under pope john paul ii .
