Ibombo named Ouesso Bishop

Bishop-elect Brice Armand Ibombo was named Bishop of Ouesso, Congo.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Gélase Armel Kema was named Archbishop of Owando in January 2024.

Olaverri Arroniz retired, Liluala named Pointe-Noire Archbishop

Archbishop Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. retired and Archbishop-elect Abel Liluala was named Archbishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo.

Kema named Owando Archbishop

Archbishop-designate Gélase Armel Kema was named Archbishop of Owando, Congo.

The archdiocese had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa in August 2023.

Archbishop Kema had been serving as Bishop of Ouesso.

Abagna Mossa retired as Owando Archbishop

Archbishop Victor Abagna Mossa retired as Archbishop of Owando, Congo.

Ngoma Foumanet named Dolisie Bishop

Bishop-elect Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. was named Bishop of Dolisie, Congo.

The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville in April 2020.

Herrera Corona named Congo Nuncio and Gabon Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Javier Herrera Corona was named Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of and Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon and titular archbishop of Vulturaria.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina was named Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti in June 2021.

Monot retired, Kema named Ouesso Bishop

Bishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. retired and Bishop-elect Gélase Armel Kema was named Bishop of Ouesso, Congo.

Milandou retired, Manamika Bafouakouahou succeeded as Brazzaville Archbishop

Archbishop Anatole Milandou retired and Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou succeeded as Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo.

Archbishop Manamika Bafouakouahou had been serving as Coadjutor Archbishop of the same archdiocese.

Escalante Molina named Haiti Nuncio

Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante Molina was named Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent was named Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait in January 2021.

Archbishop Escalante Molina had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of and to Gabon.

Pointe-Noire and Owando made Archdioceses

The dioceses of Pointe-Noire and Owando were both elevated to Archdioceses.

The Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo was given the suffragan dioceses of Dolisie and Nkayi.

Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., who had been serving as Bishop, is now Archbishop-designate.


The Archdiocese of Owando, Congo was given the suffragan dioceses of Impfondo and Ouesso.

Victor Abagna Mossa, who had been serving as Bishop, is now Archbishop-designate.

All of the dioceses were formerly suffragans of Archdiocese of Brazzaville.

Portella Mbuyu retired, Mouanga named Kinkala Bishop

Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu retired and Bishop-elect Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga was named Bishop of Kinkala, Congo.

Escalante Molina named Congo Nuncio

Archbishop-elect Francisco Escalante Molina was named Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of and titular archbishop of Gratiana.

The post had been vacant since Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski was named an official at the Secretariat of State.

Dolisie, Congo erected; Manamika Bafouakouahou named Bishop

The Diocese of Dolisie, Congo was erected with territory taken from Nkayi.

Bishop-elect Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou was named its first Bishop.

Olaverri Arroniz named Pointe-Noire Bishop

Bishop-elect Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. was named Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo.

Makaya Loembe removed as Pointe-Noire Bishop

Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe was removed as Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo.

Impfondo, Congo elevated, Gardin named Bishop

The Prefecture Apostolic of Likouala was elevated into the Diocese of Impfondo, Congo. The ordinary, Bishop-elect Jean Gardin, C.S.Sp., was named its first bishop.

Abagna Mossa named Owando Bishop

Bishop-elect Victor Abagna Mossa was named Bishop of Owando, Congo.

The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Ernest Kombo, S.J. in October 2008.