Emery Kibal Mansong’loo

Emery Kibal Nkufi Mansong'loo C.P. (born 28 June 1969) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kole, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 6 May 2015. Before that, from 2 August 1998 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Order of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. He was appointed bishop on 6 May 2015 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed at Kole, on 9 August 2015. From 6 March 2018 until 21 July 2019, while bishop, he concurrently served as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela in the DR Congo.

Background and education He was born on 28 June 1969 at Kimputu, Diocese of Idiofa, Kwilu Province, DR Congo. He attended primary school and secondary school in his home area. He became a member of the Order of the Congregation of the Passionist Fathers, in Kinshasa in 1988. He studied Philosophy at the Saint Augustin Institute in Kinshasa from 1988 until 1991. He then studied Theology at Tangaza University College (a component of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa), in Nairobi, Kenya from 1992 until 1997. From 2005 until 2013 he studied at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome, Italy where he graduated with a Licentiate in Liturgy.

Priest He took his perpetual vows as member of the Order of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ on 31 July 1998. He was ordained a priest of the same religious Order on 2 August 1998. He served as priest until 6 May 2015. He was consecrated and installed at Kole, on 9 August 2015 by the hands of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa assisted by Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka, Archbishop of Kananga and Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela.

While bishop, from 6 March 2018, he served as apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bokungu-Ikela in the DRC. That administratorship ceases on 21 July 2019.