Christophe Amade

Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma M.Afr. (born 18 1961) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 31 March 2015. Prior to that, from 25 July 1990, he was a priest of the same Catholic Diocese. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed at Kalemie, on 7 June 2015. He is a member of the Missionaries of Africa.

Background and education Christophe Amade was born on 18 January 1961 in Mune, Diocese of Bunia, Ituri Province in the Democratic Congo. From 1967 until 1973, he attended elementary school at Bidri and Nyaguma. From 1973 until 1979, he attended Jean XXIII Minor Seminary in Vida, in the Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka and a college in Ovoa. While a seminarian, he taught at the Institut Technique Agricole in Laybo in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka, from 1979 until 1981. He studied Philosophy at the Notre Dame de la Ruzizi Major Seminary in Bukavu from 1981 until 1984. He then studied at the Novitiate of the White Fathers in Fribourg, Switzerland from 1984 until 1985. From 1985 to 1987, he completed a period of pastoral internship in the parish of Funsi, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wa, in Ghana. He studied Theology at The Missionary Institute London in England from 1987 until 1990. Later, he graduated with a Licentiate in Philosophy, from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Still later, the same university awarded him a Doctorate in the same subject.

Priest On 8 December 1989, he professed as a member of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa). He was ordained a priest of that Catholic religious order on 25 July 1990. He served as priest until 31 March 2015. He was consecrated and installed at Kalemie, on 7 June 2015. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, Archbishop of Lubumbashi assisted by Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo, Archbishop of Bukavu and Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, Bishop of Kongolo.