Timothée Bodika Mansiyai

Timothée Bodika Mansiyai P.S.S. (born 1 January 1962) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 19 November 2016. Before that, from 2 February 2012 until 19 November 2016, he was Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa. He was appointed bishop on 2 February 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed at Kinshasa, on 15 April 2012. He served as Titular Bishop of Naiera concurrently while auxiliary bishop. On 19 November 2016, The Holy Father, Pope Francis, transferred him to the Diocese of Kikwit as the Local Ordinary. He was installed at Kikwit on 4 December 2016. He is a member of the Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice.

Background and education Timothée Bodika Mansiyai was born on 1 January 1962 at Kinshasa, Archdiocese of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He attended elementary school in his home area. He studied at the Pious XII Jesuit College in N'Djili, Kinshasa, for his secondary education. He studied philosophy at Saint André Kaggwa Major Seminary in Kinshasa. He then transferred to the Jean Paul I University Seminary, where he studied theology. He graduated with a Licentiate from there. He studied at the Catholic University of Toulouse, in France from 2001 until 2007, graduating with a doctorate in moral theology.

Priest He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa on 1 August 1990 by the hands of Bishop Eugène Moke Motsüri, Titular Bishop of Lestrona. He made his perpetual vows as a member of the Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice in 1993. He served as priest until 2 February 2012.