Richard Kazadi Kamba

Richard Kazadi Kamba (born 6 December 1964) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 11 January 2022. Before that, from 19 September 1992 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Lubumbashi in the DR Congo. He was appointed bishop on 11 January 2022 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop at Kolwezi on 7 May 2022.

Background and education He was born on 6 December 1964 in Lubumbashi. He studied at the Saint Paul Preparatory Seminary in Lubumbashi from 1985 until 1986. He studied philosophy at the same seminary from 1986 until 1989. He then studied theology at the Catholic University of Kinshasa (CUK), from 1989 until 1992. He continued with his studies at the CUK from 1992 until 1994, graduating with a Licentiate in theology from there in 1994. Later, he was awarded a licentiate in philosophy by the Jean XXIII Seminary in Kinshasa, after studying there from 1996 until 1998. He also holds a Doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome, Italy, where he studied from 1998 until 2003.

Priest On 25 March 1992, he was ordained a deacon of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Bishop Tharcisse Tshibangu Tshishiku, Bishop of Mbujimayi. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi on 19 September 1992 by Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga, Archbishop of Lubumbashi. He served as a priest until 11 January 2022.