Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa

Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa (born 7 July 1963) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 16 November 2010. Before that, from 15 July 1993 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka in the DR Congo. He was appointed bishop on 16 November 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated as bishop at Mahagi on 12 January 2011 by Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, Archbishop of Kisangani.

Background and education He was born on 7 July 1963 at Faradje, Diocese of Isiro-Niangara, Haut-Uele, DR Congo. He studied in his home area for his elementary school education. He studied at Tadu for his secondary school education. He continued with his secondary school studies at the Rungu Minor Seminary from 1978 until 1984. He studied philosophy in Kisangani from 1985 until 1988. He then studied theology in Bunia from 1988 until 1993. He holds a Master's degree in Canon Law awarded by the Catholic University of the Congo in Kinshasa. He also graduated with a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy in 2009 having studied there since 2002.

Priest On 15 July 1993 he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He served as a priest until 16 November 2010. That administratorship ended on 15 September 2024.