Oscar Nkolo Kanowa

Oscar Nkolo Kanowa C.I.C.M. (born 8 September 1957) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mweka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 18 February 2017. Before that, from 19 July 1987 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Order of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He was appointed bishop on 18 February 2017 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop on 28 May 2017.

Background and education He was born on 8 September 1957 in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, DRC. He attended elementary school in Kamilabi-Kananga. He then studied at the Minor Seminary in Kabwe, for his secondary school education. He studied Philosophy at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Kasai-Kabwe. He entered the novitiate of the CICM Missionaries in Mbudi, Kinshasa in 1981. From 1998 until 1999 he studied as formator at the Saint Louis University in the United States.

Priest He professed as a member of the Order of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM) in September 1982. He took his perpetual vows as a member of that Order in September 1986. He was ordained a priest of the same religious Order on 19 July 1987. He served as a priest until 18 February 2017.