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Mons. Edouard Isango Nkoyo (left) and Mons. Edouard Tsimba Ngoma (center) appointed Auxiliary Bishops for Kinshasa Archdiocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Mons. Sandro Overend Rigillo, appointed Apostolic Vicar for Libya’s Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi. Credit: CENCO, Maltese Franciscan Province

Pope Francis Appoints Auxiliary Bishops in DR. Congo, Apostolic Vicar in Libya

Jul 17, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Edouard Tsimba Ngoma and Mons. Edouard Isango Nkoyo as Auxiliary Bishops for Kinshasa Archdiocese in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and assigned them the Titular Sees of Igilgili and Utimmira respectively.

Mons. Severin Nziengui Mangandza (Center), Apostolic Vicar for the Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou in Gabon. Credit: Episcopal Conference of Gabon/Facebook

Superior of Spiritans in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea Appointed Apostolic Vicar in Gabon

Jan 6, 2022

Pope Francis has appointed the Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans - CSSp) in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea as the Apostolic Vicar for the Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou in Gabon. 

Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, the newly appointed Vicar Apostolic of Gambella in Ethiopia.

Salesian Prelate Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Ethiopia’s Gambella Vicariate

Sep 29, 2020

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Roberto Bergamaschi, a member of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), as the Vicar Apostolic of Gambella in the Western part of Ethiopia.

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