Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana

He was born on 11 December 1962 in Kinshasa. Other reliable sources put his birth place in Mai-Ndombe District, in Bandundu Province. He studied at the Novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Cyangugu, Rwanda starting on 29 September 1981. He studied philosophy at the Saint Peter Canisius Kimwenza Faculty, in Kinshasa from 1983 until 1986. He studied at the University of Lubumbashi from 1986 until 1988, graduating with a Diploma in Philosophy. He then studied Theology at the Jesuit Hekima Institute in Nairobi, Kenya from 1989 until 1992. From 1992 until 1999, he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in Rome, Italy, where he graduated with a Doctorate in Canon Law. ==Priest==

He joined the Society of Jesus in the 1980s while in seminary. He took his preliminary vows on 11 September 1983. He was ordained a priest of that Catholic religious Order on 18 July 1993. He took his perpetual vows on 24 March 2001, while a priest. He served as a priest until 31 March 2015. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations including: • Studies for a Doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1993 until 1999. • Delegate of the Provincial Father for the formation of the Jesuits in Africa from 1999 until 2001. • Provincial for Central Africa from 2001 until 2008. • Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa from 2009 until 2012. • Consultant of the Community of the Jesuits from 2009 until 2012. • Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa from 2012 until 2015. ==Bishop==

On 31 March 2015, The Holy Father appointed him auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Kinshasa and concurrently, Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena. He was consecrated and installed at Kinshasa on 7 June 2015 by the hands of Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, assisted by Archbishop Arthur Roche, Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England and Bishop Philippe Nkiere Keana, Bishop of Inongo. He continues to serve as the diocesan bishop as of 2019. ==See also==