Philibert Tembo Nlandu

Philibert Tembo Nlandu C.I.C.M. (born 3 November 1962) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Budjala in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 22 October 2009. Before that, from 26 March 2007 until 22 October 2009, he was Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Budjala. Prior to that, from 21 August 1991 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Order of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM Missionaries). He was appointed bishop on 26 March 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated as bishop on 3 June 2007.

Background and education He was born on 3 November 1962, in Nganda Kikamba, in the Diocese of Boma, Kongo Central, in the Democratic Congo. He attended the Mbata-Kiela Minor Seminary. He joined the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM Missionaries) in 1980. He studied philosophy at the Saint Augustine University of Kinshasa from 1982 until 1985. He then studied theology at Saint Cyprian Institute in Ngoya, in Cameroon (Ecole Théologique Saint Cyprien De Ngoya) from 1995 until 1988. He went on a mission that lasted four years, in Japan while specializing in theology from 1988 until 1991. He also took a course at the Institute for Religious Formation in the United States.

Priest He professed as a member of the CICM Missionaries in 1982. He was ordained a priest of the same religious Order on 25 August 1991. He served as a priest until 26 March 2007.