Armand Brice Ibombo

Brice Armand Ibombo (born 23 November 1973) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouesso, in the Republic of the Congo. He was appointed to that position on 28 May 2025 and was installed at Ouesso on 19 July 2025. Before that, from 22 February 2013 until 28 May 2025, he was a priest of the Diocese of Gamboma in Congo-Brazzaville. He previously served as a priest of the Archdiocese of Owando, Congo-Brazzaville from 28 August 2004 until 22 February 2013.

Background and education He was born on 23 November 1973 in Abala, Archdiocese of Owando, Republic of the Congo. He studied philosophy at the Monsignor Georges-Firmin Singha Philosophical Major Seminary in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. He then studied theology at the Concordia-Pordenone Major Seminary in Rome, Italy. He holds a Doctorate degree in Church history, awarded by the Pontifical Gregorian University.