Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba

Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (born 23 February 1956) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 7 January 2006. Before that, from 22 August 1982 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kananga. He was appointed bishop on 7 January 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated as bishop on 25 March 2006.

Background and education He was born on 23 February 1956 in Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Congo. He attended Saint Thérèse School in Nganza Parish, in the Archdiocese of Kananga, for his elementary school education. He then transferred to Kabwe Minor Seminary for his secondary school education. He studied philosophy at the Philosophy Seminary of Kabwe and Mbujimayi. He then studied theology at Inter-diocesan Seminary at Malole. He graduated with a Licentiate in Biblical Theology from the Catholic Faculty in Kinshasa in 1985. He holds a Doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Italy, where he studied from 1988 until 1993.

Priest On 22 August 1982, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kananga. He served as priest until 7 January 2006. He was consecrated and installed at Luebo on 25 March 2006 by the hands of Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, Archbishop of Kananga assisted by Bishop Valentin Masengo Nkinda, Bishop of Kabinda and Bishop Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Bishop of Mweka.