Jean Baptiste Valter Manga

Jean Baptiste Valter Manga (born 18 June 1972) is a Senegalese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal since 20 June 2024. Before that, from 20 December 2000 until 20 June 2024, he was a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor. He was appointed bishop on 20 June 2024 by Pope Francis and was consecrated on 23 November 2024. He was installed as Bishop of Ziguinchor on 24 November 2024.

Background and education He was born on 18 June 1972, at Oussouye, Diocese of Ziguinchor, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal. He studied at the Philosophical Seminary of Brin from 1993 until 1995 where he studied philosophy. He then transferred to the Major Seminary of Sebikhotane near Dakar, where he studied theology, from 1995 until 2000. In 2009, he graduated with a degree in biblical theology from the Collège des Bernardins in Paris, France. He also holds a Doctorate in ethnology and anthropology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), also in Paris, obtained in 2015.

Priesthood On 20 December 2000 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal. He served in that capacity until 20 June 2024.