Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama

The Most Reverend Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
Bishop of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka
Appointed	29 June 2020
Installed	23 August 2020
Predecessor	Louis Nzala Kianza
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	21 February 1988
Consecration	23 August 2020 by Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (1959-06-29) 29 June 1959 Misay, Archdiocese of Kinshasa, Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Styles of Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
Reference style	Your Lordship The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Lordship
Religious style	Bishop

Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (born 29 June 1959) is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 29 June 2020. Before that, from 21 June 1988 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge. He was appointed bishop on 29 June 2020 by Pope Francis. He was consecrated as bishop and installed at Popokabaka, Democratic Congo on 23 August 2020.

Background and education

He was born on 29 June 1959 in Misay, Bandundu Province (today Kwango Province), Democratic Congo. He attended the Saint Charles Lwanga Minor Seminary in Katende for his secondary school education. He studied at the faculty of philosophy at the Saint Augustin Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Kalonda from 1980 until 1983. He transferred to the faculty of theology at the Saint Cyprien Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Kikwit. He holds a Licentiate in biblical theology, awarded by the Catholic University of the Congo in 1994. He obtained a Doctorate in the same subject, from the Catholic University of Central Africa, in Cameroon in 2001, having studied there since 1998.

Priest

On 21 February 1988, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge. He served as priest until 29 June 2020.

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

• Teacher in the Saint Charles Lwanga Minor Seminary from 1981 until 1991.
• Studies for a licentiate in biblical theology at the Universitè Catholique du Congo from 1991 until 1994.
• Teacher at Saint Cyprien Minor Seminary in Kikwit from 1994 until 1998.
• Studies for a doctorate in biblical theology from the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 1998 until 2001.
• Parish priest of Notre Dame du Rosaire Parish, in Bandundu-Ville from 2003 until 2016.
• Founded the Centre des Etudes Ethnologiques et Sociologiques de Bandundu (CEESBA), in Bandundu-Ville in 2003.
• Director of CEESBA since 2003.
• Moderator of the diocesan clergy of Kenge Catholic Dioces from 2006 until 2020.
• Provincial secretary of the Political and Social Commission of the Episcopal Assembly of the Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa, since 2008.
• Resident Formator at the Interdiocesan Philosophy Seminary of Kalonda from 2018 until 2020.
• Lecturer at St. Cyprien Major Seminary in Kikwit from 2018 until 2020.

Bishop

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka on 29 June 2020. He was consecrated and installed at Popokabaka on 23 August 2020 by the hands of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa assisted by Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa and Bishop José Moko Ekanga, Bishop of Idiofa.

See also

• Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

External links

• DRC: Bernard Fansaka, new bishop of the diocese of Popokabaka officially installed (Translated from the original French language).