Ernest Ngboko Ngombe

Coat of arms of Ernest Ngboko Ngombe as Bishop of Lisala

Ernest Ngboko Ngombe CICM (* 25. May 1964 in Kanya Mbonda , Province of Equateur ) is a Congolese religious clergy and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro .

Life

Ernest Ngboko Ngombe joined the religious community of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and made temporary profession on October 17, 1987 . He studied in Yaoundé at the Institut Saint Augustin and the Institut Saint Cyprien . On June 20, 1996, the Archbishop of Dakar , Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum , ordained him priestly in the Cathedral of Dakar .

After his ordination he worked as a missionary in Senegal , where he was also regional superior of his order from 2001 to 2010. From 2010 to 2011, he completed a licensed degree in theology at the Catholic Theological Union in the United States . In 2011 he took over the leadership of the Theological Seminary of Cameroon as rector and became the coordinator of his order for the Africa region. In the same year he became vicar general of his religious community based in Rome.

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Lisala on February 11, 2015 . He was ordained bishop by his predecessor Louis Nkinga Bondala CICM on April 19 of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Basankusu , Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku , and the Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro, Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba .

On November 23, 2019, Francis appointed him Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro. The inauguration took place on January 26, 2020.

Web links

Entry on Ernest Ngboko Ngombe on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Rinuncia del Vescovo di Lisala (Repubblica Democratica del Congo) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 11, 2015, accessed February 11, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Mbandaka-Bikoro (Repubblica Democratica del Congo). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 23, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Nkinga Bondala CICM	Bishop of Lisala 2015–2019	NN
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap	Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro since 2019	...

personal data
SURNAME	Ngboko Ngombe, Ernest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Congolese religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kanya Mbonda , Province of Equateur

[Bulletin-1] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Lisala (Repubblica Democratica del Congo) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 11, 2015, accessed February 11, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Mbandaka-Bikoro (Repubblica Democratica del Congo). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 23, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 (Italian).