José Moko Ekanga

José Moko Ekanga P.S.S. (born 18 July 1958) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Idiofa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 26 May 2009. Before that, from 1 August 1986 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa. He was appointed bishop on 26 May 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated as bishop and installed at Idiofa, Democratic Congo on 15 August 2009. He is a member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice.

Background and education He was born on 18 July 1958 in Kinshasa, present time – Democratic Congo. He attended primary school in Kinshasa. He studied at the Literary School of Selembao, in Selembao for his secondary school education. He studied philosophy at the Saint Kaggwa Major Seminary. He then transferred to the Catholic University of the Congo in Kinshasa, where he studied Theology from 1979 until 1986. He graduated from there with a Licentiate in Biblical Theology. He holds a Doctorate in Sacred Scripture awarded by an institution in Lyon, France, where he studied from 1999 until 2005.

Priest On 1 August 1986, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa. He served as priest until 26 May 2009. In 2023 he was elected President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC), that unites the Catholic Episcopal Conferences in Burundi, Rwanda and DR Congo.