Immaculate Heart of Mary Cleric Appointed Bishop in DR Congo

He obtained a Baccalaureate in Civil Law from the Jesuit Notre Dame de la Paix Catholic University in Namur, Belgium in 2009.

He also holds a Master’s degree in Civil Law from the Catholic University of Louvain-la- Neuve and a Master’s degree in Human Rights from the Faculty of Law Saint Louis in Brussels in 2011.

In his 19 years of priesthood, the Congolese Cleric has served in various capacities including Provincial Secretary and Rector of the Scheutist Missionaries in Kinshasa; Director of the Pedagogical Research Center in Kinshasa; and Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Finance of the Scheutists, among other responsibilities.

The Bishop-elect had his missionary and pastoral internship in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mongolia.

He will be administering Kabinda Diocese that was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kabinda in 1953 before Pope Pius XXIII elevated it to Kabinda Diocese in 1959. 

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Located within the Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga, the Diocese has a population of 629,520 Catholics according to 2017 statistics.

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.