Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy


Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy
Bishop of Willesden
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseLondon
In office2022 to present
PredecessorPete Broadbent
Orders
Ordination2008 (deacon)
2009 (priest)
Consecration25 January 2022
by Justin Welby
Personal details
BornJune 1977 (age 47)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materCranmer 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

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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

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Nsenga-Ngoy is married to Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage with whom he has three children.[12]

Selected works

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Meet Bishop Lusa, our guest of honour at Synod". The Diocese of Huron. The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron. 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Lusa NSENGA-NGOY". company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ Jeremy, Fagan (22 November 2022). "Uncharted Journeys – towards a future story". modemuk.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b Peters, Michael H. "The 20th century to the present day". frenchchurchcanterbury.org.uk. Église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Role pastoral de l'église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry". frenchchurchcanterbury.org.uk. Église Protestante Française de Cantorbéry. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy announced as the next Bishop of Willesden". Diocese of Leicester. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ Anglican Communion. "Bishop of Willesden".
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Bishop of Willesden consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral". Diocese of London. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy". Diocese of London. Retrieved 2023-11-19.