Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku

Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I. (born 5 May 1972) is a South Sudanese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau in South Sudan, since 18 November 2020. Before that, from 3 October 2004, until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the religious Order of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis. He was consecrated bishop on 24 January 2021 at Wau, South Sudan. He is a member of the Catholic Order of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus.

Background and education He was born on 5 May 1972 in Mboro, Diocese of Wau in South Sudan. From 1984 until 1986, he studied at the Bussere Minor Seminary in Wau. He then transferred to a secondary school in Wengiball, where he studied from 1986 until 1989. He studied philosophy at the Saint Paul Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Khartoum, Sudan from 1995 until 1997. He completed his novitiate in Kampala, Uganda from 1997 until 1999. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Theology from the Instituto Superior de Estudios Teológicos "Juan XXIII" (ISET) in Lima, Peru, South America. He holds a Licentiate in spiritual theology, awarded by the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he studied from 2008 until 2010. Later, he studied Canon Law at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Priest He became a member of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus while he was at seminary. On 18 November 2003, he was ordained a deacon for that religious Order. He was ordained a priest of the same Order on 3 October 2004 at Wau by Rudolf Deng Majak, Bishop of Wau. He served as a priest until 18 November 2020. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations including as: