18 Facts About Emmanuel Milingo

Emmanuel Milingo was ordained in 1958; in 1969, aged 39, Milingo was consecrated by Pope Paul VI as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.

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.

On December 17,2009, the Holy See Press Office announced that Emmanuel Milingo had been reduced to the lay state, making him no longer a member of the Catholic clergy.

Emmanuel Milingo served as the parish priest in Chipata from 1963 to 1966, and founded the Zambia Helpers' Society during this time.

Emmanuel Milingo was the secretary of Mass Media at the Zambia Episcopal Conference from 1966 to 1969 and founded the Daughters of the Redeemer.

In 1999 and 2000, Emmanuel Milingo participated in mass-marriage ceremonies conducted by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church in Japan and Korea, for which he received a severe written reprimand from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Secretary of State.

Emmanuel Milingo was barred from practicing as a priest and bishop in Zambia, but the Pope appointed Milingo a "special delegate" of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers.

In 1992, Emmanuel Milingo endorsed the book On the Eucharist, a Divine Appeal, a collection of messages reputed to have been given by Jesus Christ in an apparition and written from September 8,1987, to 1991 by Sr.

Emmanuel Milingo said that high-ranking members of the church hierarchy were "followers of Satan" or otherwise enabled evil:.

In May 2001, Emmanuel Milingo said that the Roman Catholic Church should provide priests dispensation from the obligation of celibacy and should readmit married priests to the priestly ministry.

On September 24,2006, Emmanuel Milingo consecrated four married men as bishops, each of whom were already ordained in the Old Catholic apostolic succession and serving as a bishop in their respective Independent Catholic churches.

In December 2007, in Brazil, Milingo conferred episcopal ordination on Harold J Norwood.

On December 17,2009, the Holy See Press Office in a statement announced that Emmanuel Milingo had been dismissed from the clerical state.

Consequently, the participation of the faithful in any future celebrations organized by Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo is to be considered unlawful.

Emmanuel Milingo called for married former Catholic clergy to join the movement.

In 2012, Emmanuel Milingo praised Sun Myung Moon for his work to promote religious unity.

Emmanuel Milingo retired from ministry in 2013, appointing Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan as his successor.

Books: Emmanuel Milingo has written numerous books about healing and exorcism.