Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi

Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (born 18 August 1958) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isiro-Niangara, DR Congo, since, 23 September 2024. He concurrently serves as the Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isangi, DR Congo since 23 September 2024. Before that, from 2 April 2016 until 23 September 2024, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isangi. He concurrently served as apostolic administrator of Isiro-Niangara Diocese from 12 July 2024 until 23 September 2024. He was appointed bishop on 2 April 2016 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed at Isangi on 10 July 2016 by Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani.

Background and education He was born on 18 August 1958, in Niangara, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He studied philosophy and Theology at a seminary. Later, from 2006 until 2013, he studied at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Italy, where he obtained a Doctorate in missiology.

Priest He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Isiro-Niangara on 25 August 1985. He served as a priest until 2 April 2016.