Marcel Utembi Tapa (born 7 January 1959) is a Congolese

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...

who has served as the Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani ( la, Kisanganien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. History * August 3, 1904: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of ...

since 28 November 2008. He is also the President of the

Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (French: ''Conférence Épiscopale Nationale du Congo'' or CENCO) is the national episcopal conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The conference is a member of the Association of Episco ...

(Cenco) since 2016. Previously, Utembi Tapa has served as the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka ( la, Mahagien(sis) – Niokaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the territories of Mahagi– Nioka, Ituri Province, in the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

from 2001 to 2008.

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Living people 1959 births Roman Catholic archbishops of Kisangani Roman Catholic archbishops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roman Catholic bishops of Mahagi–Nioka People from Kisangani 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub