Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi
Emmanuel Ngona Ngotsi M. Afr. is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wamba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 17 January 2024. Before that, from 22 August 1990 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Missionaries of Africa M. Afr.. He was appointed bishop on 17 January 2024 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop at Kinshasa on 15 September 2024 by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa.
Background and education
He was born on 1 January 1960 at Bambu-Mines, Diocese of Bunia, Ituri Province, DR Congo. He studied in Bambu-Mines for both his elementary school and secondary school education. He became a member of the Order of the Missionaries of Africa, abbreviated. He studied philosophy at Bambu-Mines. He studied for one year as an intern in Burkina Faso. He then studied theology at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse, France. He holds a Master's degree in social sciences, awarded by the Catholic University of Paris, where he studied from 1996 until 1999.Priest
He took his perpetual vows as a member of the White Fathers while in seminary. On 22 August 1990, he was ordained a priest of that religious order. He served as a priest until 17 January 2024.While a priest, he served in various roles including as:
- Parish Vicar of Birni N'koni Parish in Niger, from 1990 until 1994.
- Parish priest of Birni N'koni Parish in Niger, from 1994 until 1996.
- Parish priest in Zinder, Niger from 1999 until 2004.
- Delegate to the General Chapter of the Missionaries of Africa, in Rome in 2004.
- Provincial Assistant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 2005 until 2008.
- Rector of the philosophical seminary of the White Fathers in Ouagadougou from 2008 until 2009.
- Provincial Director in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2009 until 2010.
- Member of the General Council of the Missionaries of Africa in Rome from 2010 until 2016.
- Provincial Superior of the Missionaries of Africa in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until 2023.
- Member of the Presbyteral Council of the Archdiocese of Bukavu from 2017 until 2023.
- Member of the College of Consultors of Bukavu since from 2017 until 2023.
As bishop
On 17 January 2024 Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wamba, DR Congo. He was consecrated at Kinshasa on 15 September 2024 by the hands of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa assisted byArchbishop Mitja Leskovar, Titular Archbishop of Beneventum and Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani.