Víctor Luís Quematcha

Víctor Luís Quematcha O.F.M. (born 27 April 1967) is a Bissau-Guinean Catholic prelate who was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafatá, in Guinea-Bissau on 8 March 2025. Before that, from 2 May 1998 until 8 March 2025, he was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor. He was consecrated and installed at Bafatá, Diocese of Bafatá, on 28 June 2025 by Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam.

Background and education He was born on 27 April 1967 in Cúmura, Bissau, in Guinea Bissau. He studied philosophy at the Don Bosco Higher Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, in Lomé, Togo. He then studied theology at the Anyama Major Seminary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Later, he graduated with a Licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Alphonsian Academy in Rome in 2006, having studied there since 2004.

Priesthood In 1997 he took his perpetual vows as a member of the Order of Friars Minor at Brá, Guinea-Bissau. He was ordained a priest of the same Catholic religious Order on 2 May 1998 in Nhoma, Guinea Bissau. He served as a priest until 8 March 2025. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations, including:

Bisho Víctor Luís Quematcha was consecrated bishop and installed at Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau on 28 June 2025. The Principal Consecrator was Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam assisted by José Câmnate na Bissign, Bishop Emeritus of Bissau and António Montes Moreira, Bishop Emeritus of Bragança-Miranda.