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Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope

Bishop of Basankusu

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Born
May 21, 1964 Mweka, Mweka Territory, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Nationality
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained priest
Jan 4, 1992 2 Avenue de l'Universite, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained bishop
Dec 16, 2023 Basankusu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Appointed
Dec 16, 2023
Principal consecrator
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu O.F.M.Cap.
Co-consecrators
Ernest Ngboko Ngombe C.I.C.M. Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku

Msgr. Libère Pwongo Bope was born on 21 May 1964 in Mweka. After his studies in philosophy at the Saint André Kaggwa Major Seminary and in theology at the Saint Jean XXIII Major Seminary of Kinshasa, he was ordained a priest on 4 January 1992 for the archdiocese of Kinshasa. After ordination, he first obtained a licentiate in philosophy in Kinshasa (1991-1993), and served as formator and professor in the Saint André Kaggwa Major Seminary (1993-1996), academic secretary in the same Seminary (1996-1999), private secretary to the archbishop of Kinshasa (1993-1999), chancellor-secretary of the archdiocese of Kinshasa (1999-2006), and administrator of the Saint Paul parish in Evry in France (2007-2012). He was awarded a doctorate in philosophy from the Institut Catholique de Paris (2007-2013), and went on to hold the roles of rector of the Saint André Kaggwa Major Seminary and professor at the Université Catholique du Congo (2013-2020), parish priest of Saint Albert in Kinshasa (2020-2021), fidei donum missionary in Central Africa and parish priest in the archdiocese of Bangui (2021-2023). Since 2023 he has been chancellor secretary of the archdiocese of Kinshasa.