Ernest Ngboko Ngombe
Congolese Catholic archbishop
Ernest Ngboko Ngombe C.I.C.M. (born 25 May 1964) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who serves as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 23 November 2019. Before that, from 11 February 2015 until he was appointed archbishop, he was Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala in the Metropolitan Province of Mbandaka-Bikoro. He was appointed bishop on 11 February 2015 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed at Lisala, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 26 January 2020. While Archbishop, he served as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Lisala from 23 November 2019 until 29 May 2021.
Background and education
He was born on 25 May 1964, in Kanya Mbonda, Diocese of Lisala, Province of Équateur, in the Democratic Congo. He studied philosophy at the Saint Augustin Ngoya Institute, in Yaounde, Cameroon from 1988 until 1990. He then studied Theology at the Saint Cyprien Institute in Ngoya, also in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 1990 until 1994. In 2011, he undertook advanced studies in theology at the Catholic Theological Union (CTS), in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Priest
On 17 October 1987, he took his perpetual vows as a member of the Order of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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