Placide Lubamba Ndjibu
Placide Lubamba Ndjibu M.Afr. is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 11 March 2014. Before that, from 27 July 1991 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Missionaries of Africa. He was appointed bishop on 11 March 2014 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop and installed at Kasongo, Democratic Congo on 31 May 2014.
Background and education
He was born on 26 October 1959 in Lubumbashi, in the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Congo. He completed elementary school in 1972 and secondary school in 1979, in his home area. He graduated with a "State Diploma in General Pedagogy". He studied theology at the Catholic University of Toulouse in France. He then graduated with qualifications in journalism and social communications from the University of Fribourg, in Switzerland. While in seminary, he became a member of the Order of the Missionaries of Africa.Priest
On 27 July 1991, he was ordained a priest of the Order of the White Fathers. He served as priest until 11 March 2014.While a priest, he served in various roles including as:
- Parish Vicar in the Parish of Notre Dame Deschamps, in the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso from 1991 until 1994.
- Assistant priest and pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish in the Diocese of Manzeze, in Tanzania from 1998 until 2002.
- Editor of the Karibu Bulletin in Bukavu from 2002 until 2007.
- Chaplain of the Wima High School in Bukavu from 2002 until 2007.
- Chaplain of the Saio Military Barracks in Bukavu from 2002 until 2007.
- Priest of the St. Bernadette Parish in Lubumbashi from 2007 until 2010.
- Provincial of the White Fathers for Central Africa, from 2010 until 2014.