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Bishop Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi

Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka

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Born
Oct 8, 1969 Kabengi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Nationality
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Ordained priest
Jul 5, 1998 Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Appointed
Jun 6, 2024

Father Cyrille IKOMBA MANKELELE MAMBI was born on October 8, 1969, in Kabengi (Kwango region) and was ordained a priest on July 5, 1998, for the Diocese of Popokabaka. EDUCATION: 1975–1981: Bakansi/Yenga Primary School; 1982–1983: Secondary school at Institut Sina Dia M’Fundi/Kingunda; 1984–1987: Collège N’Temo/K’Lunda; 1989–1991: Philosophy cycle/St. Augustine Major Seminary/Kalonda; 1992–1995: Theology cycle/St. Cyprian Major Seminary/Kikwit; 1995: Supplementary examination board at the Catholic Faculties of Kinshasa; 2010–2012: Undergraduate degree (*Graduat*)/Faculty Institute of Information and Communication Sciences/Kinshasa; 2013–2014: Bachelor’s degree (*Licence*)/Information and Communication Sciences/Kinshasa; 2014–2015: Teaching qualification (*Agrégation*)/Catholic University of Congo/Kinshasa; 2020: Bachelor’s degree in Religious Science/Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (*Angelicum*)/Rome; 2021: Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Information and Communication Sciences/Kinshasa. PASTORAL ACTIVITIES: - Secondary school teacher (1997–2008) - Secondary school principal/headmaster (2008–2009) - Itinerant parish vicar (1998–2003) - Parish priest (2004–2010) - Diocesan trainer for the CEJP national civic education program on participatory governance and provincial member of the Local Participatory Governance Committee (CLGP)/Bandundu for the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace (2005–2010) - Head of the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace (2006–2010) - CRS liaison with UNICEF and supervisor of assistance projects for deportees from Angola in Tembo/Bandundu (2007–2008) - Research Associate at the Social Science Research Center/Bandundu (since 2013) - Scriptwriter at Population Media Center (PMC)/Kinshasa (2014–2017) - Lecturer at the Catholic University of Grand Bandundu (UCGB)/Kikwit (since 2017) - Principal Assistant to the Rector at the Catholic University of Grand Bandundu (UCGB)/Kikwit (since 2022) - Trainer and spiritual guide at St. Cyprian Provincial Major Seminary of Theology/Kikwit (since 2017).