Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy
Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Willesden | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | London |
| In office | 2022 to present |
| Predecessor | Pete Broadbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2008 (deacon) 2009 (priest) |
| Consecration | 25 January 2022 by Justin Welby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1977 (age 47) Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Alma mater | Cranmer Hall, Durham |
Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy (born June 1977) is an Anglican bishop. Since 2022, he has served as Bishop of Willesden, a suffragan bishop in the Church of England's Diocese of London.
Biography
[edit]Nsenga-Ngoy was born in June 1977 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2][3] In 1985, aged 8, he moved with his family to Belgium.[4][5] He studied theology at the Faculté Universitaire de Théologie Protestante in Brussels.[6] From 2001 to 2007, he was then Pasteur to the Église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry (French Protestant Church of Canterbury).[5][7] Following this, he trained for Anglican ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham.[6]
Nsenga-Ngoy was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2008 and as a priest in 2009.[1] He served his curacy at All Saints Church, Staplehurst, in the Diocese of Canterbury between 2008 and 2012.[1] He then became Vicar of St Aidan's Church, Gravesend in 2012.[1] Then, from 2017 until his elevation to the episcopate, he was BAME Mission and Ministry Enabler in the Diocese of Leicester.[8]
In November 2021, he was announced as the next Bishop of Willesden, a suffragan an area bishop in the Diocese of London.[8][9] He was consecrated as a bishop by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 January 2022.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Nsenga-Ngoy is married to Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage with whom he has three children.[12]
Selected works
[edit]- Ross-McNairn, Jonathon, ed. (2014). "Chapter 7: Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy". Being a Curate: Stories of what it's really like. SPCK. ISBN 978-0-281-07097-8.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Meet Bishop Lusa, our guest of honour at Synod". The Diocese of Huron. The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron. 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Lusa NSENGA-NGOY". company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Jeremy, Fagan (22 November 2022). "Uncharted Journeys – towards a future story". modemuk.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b Peters, Michael H. "The 20th century to the present day". frenchchurchcanterbury.org.uk. Église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Willesden: 23 November 2021". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Role pastoral de l'église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry". frenchchurchcanterbury.org.uk. Église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy announced as the next Bishop of Willesden". Diocese of Leicester. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Anglican Communion. "Bishop of Willesden".
- ^ "Bells ring out as Saju and Lusa are consecrated bishops at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of Leicester. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Bishop of Willesden consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of London. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy". Diocese of London. Retrieved 2023-11-19.