Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho

Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (born 22 January 1963) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 11 June 2022. Before that, from 29 June 2020 until 11 June 2022, he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa. He was appointed bishop on 29 June 2020 by Pope Francis. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of Oescus, while he was auxiliary bishop. He was consecrated as bishop at Kinshasa on 10 October 2020. He was transferred to the Diocese of Tshumbe on 11 June 2022 and was installed there as the Local Ordinary on 10 August 2022.

Background and education He was born on 22 January 1963 in Kinshasa. He attended local schools for his elementary and secondary school education. He studied Philosophy from 1981 until 1984 at the Saint Kaggwa Major Seminary in Kinshasa. He then studied Theology from 1985 until 1989 at the Saint John XXIII Major Seminary, also in Kinshasa.

Priest On 1 August 1990, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa by Bishop Eugène Moke Motsüri, Titular Bishop of Lestrona. He served as priest until 29 June 2020.

While a priest, he served in various roles including as: