Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu

Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu is a Congelese-born Canadian Anglican bishop. Since 2025, he has been the 13th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal in the Anglican Church of Canada. A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who began his ministry as a Roman Catholic priest, Mbuyi moved to Canada to work as a priest and study for a Ph.D. He was received as a priest in the Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo in 2014 and later returned to Montreal, where he was an archdeacon in the Diocese of Montreal prior to his election as bishop in May 2025.

Early life, education and ordination Mbuyi was born and raised in Zaire (the present-day DRC), studying at Catholic seminaries and being ordained in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo in 1996. He was a priest and secondary school teacher in the DRC until 2004, when he relocated to Montreal to study for his doctorate. He was consecrated as bishop on 3 October 2025, and installed as diocesan bishop of Montreal two days later.

Personal life Mbuyi is married to Neneh-Brigitte and has three children. He is fluent in French and three Congolese languages and conversant in English and Haitian Creole.