Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas, until now chancellor of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of Satafis.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Jean-Marie Vianney Musul Masas was born on 23 August 1974 in Fungurume, archdiocese of Lubumbashi. After attending the Saint François Xavier de Sales Minor Seminary in Lubumbashi (1988-1994), he was awarded a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Lubumbashi. He then carried out his studies in theology at the Saint Paul Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Lubumbashi.

He was ordained a priest on 25 July 2009.

He has held the following offices: parish priest of Saint Augustin in Lubumbashi (2009-2011), chaplain of the Pious Sisters Disciples of the Divine Master and the Sisters of the Charité de Jésus et Marie in Lubumbashi (2011-2020), adjunct secretary-general of the diocesan Synod and parish administrator of Saint Jean Paul II (2012), and to date, diocesan chancellor and master of ceremonies (since 2011) and Sunday vicar at Notre Dame de la Paix in Lubumbashi (since 2015).