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The speech, read this Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Molegbe on behalf of all the bishops who are members of CENCO, was a highlight of the celebration. Here are the key points in this article.

In the diocese of Lisala, on Sunday, June 29, 2025, all kotakoli vibrated to the rhythm of the celebration of the closing of the centenary of the Minor Seminary of Saint Francis of Assisi, with the solemn mass officiated by His Excellency Monsignor José-Bernard LIKOLO.

Twenty-five kilometers from the town of Bossangoa (CAR), Bishop Nestor Désiré blessed a new chapel in the village of Bolangba. This chapel is linked to the parish of Saint Paul de Boro, entrusted by the bishop to Nigerian priests of the Saint Paul Congregation.

It is since yesterday, Monday, June 16, 2025, that His Excellency Monsignor José-Bernard LIKOLO, our Apostolic Administrator, has been staying in the Diocese in anticipation of the episcopal ordination of our newly appointed Bishop, Monsignor Joseph Mopepe.

After the celebration of Pentecost, the following Monday, a public holiday in the CAR, the presbytery of the Archdiocese of Bangui, led by Archbishop Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, met 35 km from the city of Bangui at the parish of Saint Jean-Baptiste in Bimo for the diocesan day of priests, 2025 edition.

Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga conferred the sacrament of Confirmation on 97 Christians at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, June 8, 2025, Pentecost Sunday.

The Kabwe Minor Seminary is a formation house that welcomes and supervises young boys aged 12 to 18, called "Minor Seminarians." Its main mission is to prepare young people for the ministerial priesthood, while contributing to the formation of responsible citizens.

The Diocese of M'baïki, established in 1995, finds its origins in the pastoral dynamism of the Archdiocese of Bangui, of which it was for a long time one of the deaneries. Placed under the patronage of Saint Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, the diocese receives a model of courage, discernment and fidelity.

May 29, 2021 - May 29, 2025: Fourth anniversary of episcopal ordination of His Excellency Monsignor José-Bernard LIKOLO, Bishop of Lisala and Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe.

The annual pilgrimage was launched in Fribourg in 2002, jointly by the White Fathers and Missio, the Swiss branch of the Pontifical Mission Societies. This is its 25th edition, presided over by the Bishop of Uvira, Monsignor Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo.

The sessions of this capacity building session for priests in judicial matters are scheduled for Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 May 2024 in Nyakasanza, under the high patronage of HE Mgr Dieudonné Uringi, Bishop of Bunia.