Camille Lembi Zaneli was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

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Zaneli was born on April 2, 1950, in Zongo

Zongo

Zongo is a city in Sud-Ubangi Province in the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Ubangi River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic...

, Belgian Congo

Belgian Congo

The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...

. Ordained to the priesthood in September 30, 1979, He worked in seminaries in Kananga

Kananga

Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital of Lulua District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a population of 1,130,100 ....

 and Kinshasa

Kinshasa

Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....

. He also served as a parish priest for two parishes in Martinique

Martinique

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 in 1999.

He was appointed the bishop of Isangi by Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

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 on June 17, 2000.

Death

Bishop Zaneli was killed in the crash of Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952

Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952

Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from N'djili Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo to Bangoka International Airport, Kisangani. On 8 July 2011, the Boeing 727 operating the flight crashed on landing at Kisangani.-Aircraft:The aircraft involved...

 at Bangoka International Airport

Bangoka International Airport

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, Kisangani

Kisangani

Kisangani is the capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the 3rd largest urbanized city in the country and the largest of the cities that lie in the tropical woodlands of the Congo....

, on July 8, 2011. He was 61 years old.