Bishop Nicolas Djomo, Bishop of Tshumbe, and President of the National Bishops Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was born in 1944 and was ordained a priest in 1972.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in theology from the University of Kinshasa in 1972, and studied for six years, 1975 -1981, at the Sorbonne in Paris where he earned a doctorate in psychology.
He was Rector for the Grand Seminary in Lodja for 14 years (1983 -1997). From 1994 to 1998 he was the Academic Secretary General of the Higher Institute of Education in Wembo Nyama.
In late 1997 he was ordained to the episcopacy and was named Bishop of Tshumbe Diocese. From 2002 to 2007 he was President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences for Central Africa (ACEAC).
In July 2008, Bishop Djomo was elected President of the National Episcopal Conference of the DRC (CENCO).
Tshumbe Diocese is located in the center of

the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Administrative Province of Kasai Orientale and in the Ecclesiastical Province of Kananga. The diocese is difficult to get to and often cut off from other regions of the country during the rainy season.
Bishop Djomo has implemented a large number of development and pastoral projects and has been a major fundraiser for his diocese, traveling throughout the world to raise consciousness of his people’s needs.
He has presided over construction of the Grand Seminary for the Diocese of Tshumbe; construction of four bridges over various rivers; and construction of a boat for the diocese with a Catholic Relief Services private donor source.
Ongoing projects, almost all of which have been financed by CRS private donors, include a training and spiritual resource center in Tshumbe; an orphanage in Tshumbe; installing solar energy for the community radio station Radio Osase; and rehabilitating primary schools and improving girls’ education.