Jean-Bertin Nadonye

Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo O.F.M. Cap. (born 24 March 1965) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lolo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 29 January 2015. Before that, from 2 August 1993 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was appointed bishop on 29 Jan 2015 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop on 12 April 2015. From 17 May 2021 until 7 July 2024, while a bishop, he concurrently served as apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buta in the Democratic Congo.

Background and education He was born on 24 March 1965 in Botuzu, in the Province of Équateur, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He attended primary school in Bozene from 1971 until 1978. He attended secondary school in Bongisa/Bwamanda from 1978 until 1984.

He studied philosophy at the Saint Laurent Convent in Bwamanda from 1985 until 1988. He then studied Theology at the Saint Eugene de Mazenod Institute in Kitambo from 1989 until 1993. He holds a Licentiate in Theology awarded by the Catholic University of Kinshasa, where he studied from 1994 until 1996. He also has a Bachelor's degree ("Enseignement secondaire, degré supérieur").