Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka
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).