Emmanuel Milingo (born June 13, 1930) was a former Roman Catholic archbishop from Zambia.
In 1969, when Milingo was only 39, Pope Paul VI consecrated him as the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka. 
In the 70s Milingo believed that he had the gift of healing through prayer. This soon attracted huge crowds. European missionaries, particularly some Polish Jesuit priests, criticized him for this and also for using elements of traditional African religion in his healing sessions
He was called to the Vatican for an investigation to which he submitted. When under investigation in the Vatican he got the support of the charismatic movement in the Roman Catholic Church.
As a consequence he was heard by Pope John Paul II and was given permission to continue his healing sessions in Italy where he became a celebrity and got the support of large groups of young people.
In 1983 he was asked to step down from his position as Archbishop of Lusaka for his performance of exorcisms and faith healing practices unapproved by Church authorities.
In May 2001 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. He said that he would set the example.
At the age of 71, he and Maria Sung, a 43-year-old Korean acupuncturist, married in a Blessing ceremony in New York despite the prohibition on marriage for ordained priests.
Following his marriage the Archbishop was called to the Vatican by Pope John Paul II, where he had to promise not to see his wife anymore, and to move to a Capuchin monastery.
Milingo protested the order, saying,
""How can I now leave my wife? ... For 43 years as a celibate priest ... I only knew God as a male. Now, through my union with Maria, I have come to see the other side of God's heart, which is female."
""How can I now leave my wife? ... For 43 years as a celibate priest ... I only knew God as a male. Now, through my union with Maria, I have come to see the other side of God's heart, which is female."
In 2001 Sung went on a hunger strike to protest their separation. This attracted much media attention.
Milingo later left Sung, rejoined the Church and went into seclusion for a year of “rehabilitation” in South America. He returned to Italy and moved into a secluded convent near Rome.
Milingo reunited with Sung in 2006 and live as a married couple
On 24 September 2006 Milingo ordained four men as bishops without a papal mandate. All four men were married at the time of their ordination.
For this act , the Holy See declared Milingo excommunicated.
In October 2007, Milingo's Vatican passport was revoked, ending his status as a person with diplomatic protection from the Vatican City State.
In addition to various books he has written, Milingo has also realeased two music albums
The first was entitled "Gubudu Gubudu" produced by GENEPI musical edition of Aldo Azzaro and Laura Scoccia, with a subsequent single of the same name, produced in 1995.
His second album was generally dedicated to the battle against evil and was produced three years later, following the relative success of the first.
Credit: religion.fandom, reuters, New York Times
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