CURRICULUM VITAE, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF REV. DR. DIEUDONNE NGONA

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1 1 CURRICULUM VITAE, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF REV. DR. DIEUDONNE NGONA I. Personal Data 1. Surname: NGONA 2. Other Names: MUGHARUA DIEUDONNE 3. Title: Doctor 4. Gender: Male 5. Date of Birth: 22 nd February Place of Birth: Blukwa in the Democratic Republic of Congo 7. Nationality: Congolese 8. Marital Status: Single 9. Occupation: Catholic Priest and Teaching 10. Place of Ordination: Kilo in the Democratic Republic of Congo 11. Date of Ordination: 15 th August Diocese: Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo 13. Contacts: The Catholic University of Eastern Africa P.O. Box Nairobi/Kenya or Tel II. Education and Qualifications Education 1. Primary School: Lita, Secondary School: Fataki, Saint Joseph Junior Seminary, Philosophy: Kisangani, Saint Augustin Philosophicum, Bukavu, Saint Pius X Major Seminary, Theology: Bukavu, Saint Pius X Major Seminary, Kinshasa, Faculté de Théologie Catholique de Kinshasa, Intensive English Fataki, Saint Joseph Junior Seminary, April-July 1986 Langage Course : Nairobi, Hekima College, July-September Licentiate in Church: Nairobi, The Catholic Higher Institute of E. A., Law and Management 7. Doctorate in Nairobi, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Canon Law:

2 2 8. Corso elementare di lingua e cultura italiana per stranieri, Società Dante Alighieri: Rome, November-December Research at the Roman Rota and Apostolic Signatura: Rome, January-May 2008 Certificates (copies attached where applicable where available) 1. Certificate of end of Primary Education: Lita, Diplôme d Etat d Etudes Secondaires Du Cycle Long, Section Littéraire, Option Latin-Philo: Kinshasa Diplôme de Philosophie: Murhesa/Bukavu Attestation de réussite tenant lieu de Diplôme de Bachelier en Théologie : Kinshasa Licentiate in Sacred Theology with specialization in Church Law and Management: Nairobi Doctorate in Sacred Theology with specialization in Canon Law: Nairobi Attestato di Corso elementare di lingua e cultura italiana per stranieri: Rome 2007 III. Professional and Administrative Experience 1. Chancellor of the Diocese of Bunia (DRC): Lecturer and Bursar at the Saint Kizito Spiritual Year before in Bambu, Diocese of Bunia (DRC): 1994 (March) 1994 (August) 3. Chancellor of the Diocese of Bunia: 1994 (August) 1995 (July) 4. Vice-Rector and Lecturer at the Saint Cyprian Regional Major Seminary in Bunia: 1995 (July) (August) 5. Chancellor of the Diocese of Bunia: 1997 (August) 1998 (July) 6. Lecturer at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa: 1998 (August) today 7. Head and Lecturer of Department of Canon Law: Acting Dean of the Faculty of Theology: Promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer by the 26 th Ordinary University Council held at AMECEA Secretariat on October 2003

3 3 10. Sabbatical year in Rome: Head of the Department of Applied Languages Programme: 2009 to date IV. Publications: 1. Small Christian Communities (SCCs) as Sources of Renewal for Parish Life: A Theological-Canonical Approach (Nairobi: St. Joseph the Worker Printing Press, 1995), xiv, 263, published excerpt of the Doctoral Dissertation. 2. Inculturation as a Face of African Theology Today, in Faces of African Theology. Proceedings of the Seventh Interdisciplinary Session of the Faculty of Theology and Department of Religious Studies, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, edited by Patrick Ryan (Nairobi: CUEA Publications, 2003), pp Priests and the Administration of the Temporal Goods of the Church, in Journal of Inculturation Theology, Volume 5, no. 1 (April 2003), pp The Small Christian Communities and the Internal Organisation of the Local Churches: A Juridic Point of View, in African Christian Studies Vol. 19, no 3 (September 2003), pp After Promotion to Senior Lecturer Rank in October Theology of Inculturation in Africa Today: A Canonical Perspective, in Theology of Inculturation in Africa Today: Methods, Praxis and Mission. Proceedings of the Eighth Interdisciplinary Session of the Faculty of Theology and Department of Religious Studies, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, edited by Patrick Ryan (Nairobi: CUEA Publications, 2004), pp Proof and Registration of Baptism: An Administrative Dimension of the Celebration of Baptism, African Christian Studies Vol. 25, no. 2 (June 2009), pp Saint Paul and Relationship to Church Authority in the Light of Galatians 2: and Canon 212, in Celebrating the Jubilee Year of Saint Paul: Apostle, Missionary and Martyr. 11 th Interdisciplinary Theological Session March 4-6, 2009 (Nairobi: CUEA Press, 2009), pp The Parish Priest and His Collaborators the Parish Vicar(s), in African Christian Studies, Vol. 26, number 2 (June 2010), pp Duties of the Parish Priest as Proper Pastor, in African Journal of Canon Law Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, (January 2014), pp African Background and Notion of Laity in View of their Participation in the Life and Mission of the Church, in African Journal of Canon Law Studies, Volume 1, no. 2 (June 2014), pp. Printing in progress with CUEA Press

4 4 V. Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Presentations 1. Participation of the Laity in the Life and Mission of the Church, presented on 22 nd March 2000 as part of the 1999/2000 Staff Seminars of the Faculty of Theology. 2. The Chancellor, Other Notaries and the Archives, presented during the Canon Law Society of East Africa, Kenya Branch Workshop at the Resurrection Garden/Nairobi 2 nd May The Small Christian Communities from the Legal Point of View, presented during the Canon Law Society of East Africa, Kenya Branch at the Resurrection Garden/Nairobi on 4 th May Main Canonical Norms Regarding Confirmation, the Sacrament of the Apostolate, presented during the Canon Law Society of East Africa, Kenya Branch Workshop at the Resurrection Garden/Nairobi on 18 th June Canonical Norms Regarding the Anointing of the Sick, presented during the same Workshop at the Resurrection Garden/Nairobi on 20 th June Vows in Religious Life, presented during the Workshop of Sisters of the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) preparing for perpetual vows at Tumanini Centre from May Catholic Identity from the Perspective of Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Sapientia Christiana, presented at the Seminar of the Department of Canon Law of CUEA in Brief Historical Development and Theology of the Parish, presented at the Canon Law Society of Kenya Convention in Mombasa, September The Parish Priest and Other Institutions and Movements in the Parish, presented at the Canon Law Society of Kenya Convention in Mombasa, September The Parish Priest and His Collaborators: Parish Vicars, Vicars Forane, Religious and Laity, presented at the Canon Law Society of Kenya Convention in Mombasa, September Freedom of Research in a Catholic University, presented during an Academic Colloquium with the general theme Ministry, Education and Research, in December New Approach to the Knowledge of Canon Law, presented during a Seminar in March The Church and Development presented during the international conference with the theme: Africa s Golden Jubilee: Assessing 50 Years of Scholarship and Development in Africa organised at CUEA in June 2012.

5 5 10. Rights and Duties of Christ s Faithful, presented during the First Academic Conference of the Institute of Canon Law on the theme Canon Law and the Year of Faith, 25 March Intention of the Donor in Canon Law, presented during the Second Academic Seminar of the Institute of Canon Law on the theme Canon Law Issues of Interest, 6 th November Clerics Religious and Politics in Canon Law, presented during the 16 th Interdisciplinary Theological Session 2014 on the theme Quest for an African Political Theology, on 28 th February The Parish Priest and the Pastoral Care of the Family, presented during the Seminar of the Institute of Canon Law on the theme Challenges of the Family, in March VI. Conferences and Workshops Participated in and Attended 1. Attendance at a workshop on HIV/AIDS at Catholic University of Eastern Africa on 14 th February Facilitator during the Training Workshop on Teaching & Learning in Higher Education at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa on 28 th and 29 th January Participation at the 15 AMECEA Plenary Assembly (3 rd 11 th June 2005) in Mukono, Kampala-Uganda. 4. Attendance at the 1 st International Cross-cultural Conference for Catholic Theological Ethicists (8 th 11 July 2006) in Padova-Italy. 5. Participation in an international, academic conference on The Philosophy of Development (14 th -15 th September 2006) at CUEA. 6. Participation in The Catholic University of Eastern Africa International Symposium on Natural Law in search of a common denominator for moral principles and laws affecting rights and duties of all, ( 6 th -8 th February 2007) at CUEA. 7. Participation in the 2 nd CUEA International Symposium on The Person, 2 nd -4 th February Attendance to the Implementers Training for ISO 9001:2008 Standard for Middle Level Management at Multimedia University of Kenya from 5 th to 7 th October Attendance in the Convention on the theme The Code of Canon Law at the Service of the Mission of the Church: 25 Years of the Promulgation, 11 th January 2008 at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. 10. Participation to the Convention of Study on the 25 Anniversary of the Promulgation of the 1983 Code of Canon Law on th January 2008 in Rome.

6 6 11. Participation in the Convention on the Study of the Word of God and the Mission of the Church. Juridic Aspects (10 th 11 th April 2008) at the Santa Croce Pontifical University in Rome. 12. Participation in a Qualitative and Quantitative Research Data Analysis Training Worksop 9 th November Participation in the Open and Distance e-learning-(odel) Training-First Phase held in the months of April-June 2012 at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa- CUEA. 14. Participation in The 1 st Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Africa s Golden Jubilee: Assessing 50 Years of Scholarship and Development in Africa at CUEA from 26 th to 30 th June VII. Community Service and Academic Leadership 5. Member representing the Faculty of Theology on the UMB Evaluation Committee in Member of the Team carrying out the Evaluation of Academic Management Information System in Member of the Advisory Committee on Catholic Education Policy in Member of the Committee preparing the Pan-African Conference of the Association of the African Theologians held at CUEA in Member representing the Faculty of Theology on the Examinations Committee preparing Examinations Policy in Acting Chairman of the Faculty of Theology Interdisciplinary Committee. 11. Member of the Graduation Committee until Member of the Faculty of Theology Doctoral Committee until Member of the Faculty of Theology Admissions Committee until Member of the Alumni Association Executive Committee until Member of the revision of the AMECEA Statutes Committee (February 2014 until the Plenary Assembly in Lilongwe and after to incorporate the observations of the Plenary). 16. Member of the revision of the Statutes of the Faculty of Theology Committee (February to July 2014). 17. Member of the Institute of Canon Law Academic, Examination and Admission Committees. 18. Member of the Sub-Committee of the Academic Staff Evaluation. 19. Legal Advisor of the Association des Théologiens Africains (ATA)/ the Association of African Theologians since December 2010.

7 7 a. Participation in ATA Executive Committee Meetings in Abidjan I and II, Cotonou and Nairobi. b. Evaluation of Articles for the Dictionary of African Theology c. Preparation of article on Justice for the Dictionary of African Theology. 20. Helpful assistance offered to a religious priest who was being sanctioned unfairly and in a non-procedural manner by his Institute in July Member of a team of advocates who successfully defended a priest accused in a nonprocedural way of some serious offense between February and July Very helpful technical assistance offered to a consecrated religious who was unfairly treated by his Institute. 23. Technical assistance offered to a priest who is in the process of founding a religious institute. 24. Member of a panel of examiners of a Public Lecture and Public Defence of a Doctoral Dissertation at the Catholic University of Congo in Kinshasa in July Presentation of the Revised Statutes to the AMECEA Executive Board on 12 th March 2014 in Lilongwe to the AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Lilongwe/Malawi on 25 th July Head of Department of Canon Law a. Performed the ordinary duties of a HOD b. Member of the University Senate. c. Greatly contributed to the development of the Department into the Institute of Canon Law in terms of programme development and recruitment of the staff required to qualify for the status of an Institute. d. Reorganised the programme to be in compliance with the 2002 Decree from the Congregation for Catholic Education reorganising the study of Canon Law over 3 years of Licentiate. 27. Dean of the Faculty of Theology from October 2002 to June a. Member of University Council b. Member of University Staffing Committee. c. Member of University Finance Committee. d. Member of University Strategic Development Committee. e. Member of University Management Board. f. Member of the Staff Development Committee. g. Member of Procurement Committee. h. Co-opted Member of University Disciplinary Committee. i. Member of Scholarship Committee. j. Member of Terms and Conditions for Academic Staff Review Committee. k. Member of Ad hoc Committee on Administration of CUSO Funds and Students Activities Fees.

8 8 l. Performed the ordinary duties of a dean of Faculty such as chairing meetings, seeing to the academic excellence of the Faculty in terms of teaching, research and community service, revision of the programme when due, recruitment of staff and students. m. Successfully organised an international conference on ecumenism for participants from English speaking countries in collaboration with the Pontifical Counsel for Unity of Christians led then by His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper. n. Coordinated the organisation of the international conference on the Moral Natural Law on the request of the then Pope John Paul II. Note: documentation relevant about b and c can be obtained from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Theology. 28. Head of the Department of Applied Languages 29. Editor of the African Christian Studies. 30. Editor of the African Journal of Canon Law Studies. 31. Member of the Editorial Board of the Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Sciences. 32. Editing and proofreading of all the documents of the Institute of Canon Law. 33. Translating various Latin and French documents into English for various categories of persons. 34. Member of a team of research conducted in 2009 the Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi, comprising the Archdiocese of Nairobi, the Dioceses of Machakos, Nakuru and Ngong, on The Deceptive Matrimonial Consent Involving HIV/AIDS in the Tribunals of the Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi. 35. Active member of the reviews and revisions of the programme of studies of the Institute and of the units taught. VIII. Dissertations and Theses Supervised a. Doctoral Dissertations 1. First Supervisor i. Robert Tumwekwase: A Juridic Approach to the Challenges Facing the Catholic Family in the Diocese of Kabale-Uganda (January 2005). ii. Ralph Raphael Obetia: Administrative Authority: An Instrument of Service in Religious Institutes in the Light of Canon 618 with Specific Reference to the Missionary Religious Institute of Apostles of Jesus (May 2005). iii. Nakato Noelina: The Challenges Posed by Canon 1286 on Church Employers: A Perspective on Some of Religious Institutes in Uganda in Relation to Domestic Workers (September 2010).

9 9 iv. Kyaterekera Matthias Ogaya: Formation and Challenges in Priestly Celibacy in the Light of Canon 247 (June 2011). 2. Second Supervisor Redemista Ngonyani: The Power of Governance of the Diocesan Bishop in Relation to Institutes of Consecrated Life, in the Light of Canon 678 of the 1983 Code: A Case Study in the Catholic Archdiocese of Songea in Tanzania (July 2011). b. Licentiate/Masters Theses 1. First Supervisor i. Dominic F. Kimboi: Canonical Marriage with Special Reference Trial Marriage among the Chagga of Moshi in Tanzania (May 2000). ii. Ralph Raphael Obetia: Ecumenical Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Church of Uganda in Arua Diocese A Juridic Perspective- (May 2000). iii. Henry Mchamungu Kyara: Towards Stability of Canonical Marriage in an Urban Situation. A Case Study of the Archdiosese of Dar es salaam (May 2001). iv. John Peter Olum: Essential Properties of Marriage among the Acholi People of Uganda in Relation to Canon 1056 (May 2001). v. Mligo Paulinus: The Impact of Mali on Canonical Marriage among the Bena of the Diocese of Njombe-Tanzania (May 2001). vi. Peter N.O. Makhola: The Catholic Sponsored Schools, as Agents of Evangelization in the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma, a Canonical Study (May 2oo2). vii. Robert Kalima: The Canonical Marriage and Kaweto Practice among the Kamba Oeople of Kitui Diocese-Kenya (May 2002). viii. Elias Margwe Nada: Iraqw Polygamous Marriage: A Challenge to Canonical Marriage in the Catholic Diocese of Mbulu-Tanzania (May2004). ix. Margaret Ann Karimi: Ecclesial Relationship between Clergy and the Sisters of Mary Immaculate in the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya (May2005). x. Emmanuel Tembo Tavulya-Ndanda: Catholic Identity in Secondary Schools of the Diocese of Butembo-Beni (DRC) in the Light of Canon 803 of the 1983 Code (May 2010).

10 10 xi. Philip Kembo: Relationship between the Diocesan Bishop and Priests in the Light of Canon 369: A Case Study of Mutare Diocese-Zimbabwe (May 2014). 2. Second Supervisor i. Kiaraba Eugenia: The Role pf the Catholic Church in Preparing Youth for Marriage in Nyakibale Deanery in the Diocese of Kabale-Uganda (May 2000). ii. Ndiege Michael: The Role of the Small Christian Community in the Spiritual Accompaniment of the Terminally-Ill Persons: A Case Study of Mbaga Parish of the Archdiocese of Kisumu-Kenya (May 2001). iii. Ndrabu Buju Alfred: Towards a Spirituality of Reconciliation with Special Reference to the Lendu and Hema Peoples in the Diocese of Bunia/DRC (May 2002). iv. Jean De Dieu Ekanga Mbula: Idea of Poverty in the Montfortian Spirituality: Its Relevance to the Mbango Culture of Basoko/Democratic Republic of Congo (May 2003). v. Kisananu Gervais: Pastoral Approach to Youth Ministry in the Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka/DRC (May 2004). vi. Tombe Trille Kuku: Parental Obligation in the Education of their Children in the Light of Canon 793: A Case Study in the Diocese of El- Obeid-Central Sudan (May 2004). vii. Londjiringa Bubbu Dieudonné: A Pastoral Theology of Reconstruction in the Context of Small Christian Communities in Bunia Diocese, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 2005). viii. Sambu Sambu Boniface: Role of the Church in the Reconciliation Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, (May 2005). ix. Mgaya Ladislaus Leonard: Marriage Breakdown in the Light of Canon 1063: A Case Study among the Pangwa People of the Diocese of Njombe- Tanzania (May 2006). x. Bafengo Tosweoki Jean Trésor: The Understanding of Iya Mother among the Lokele People of Isangi/Democratic Republic of Congo: Its Contribution into Marian Spirituality (May 2007). xi. Martin Daire Kwmwenda: Catechetical Obligation of Parish Priests in the Light of Canon 776: A Case Study of Mzuzu Diocese in Malawi (May 211). xii. Claude Kakule Sirwayo: The Separation of Members from the Religious Institutes according to Canons : A Case Study of the Religious

11 11 xiii. Institute of the Augustinians of the Assumption in the African Province (March 2012). John Makola: The Role of the Laity as Experts or Advisors of Pastors according to Canon (August 2014). IX. Units Taught A. Current Academic Year 1. First Semester 2014/2015 (a) Institutions of Canon Law I (b) Philosophy of Law (c) Latin I (d) Latin II (e) Latin III 2. Second Semester (a) Latin I (b) Latin III (c) Latin IV (d) Hierarchical Constitution of the Church (e) Theology of Canon Law (f) Relationship between Legal Systems B. Previously 1. All the above ones 2. Introduction to the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches 3. Missionary Canon Law 4. Latin V 5. Canonical Marriage 6. Proof and Defense in the Process of Nullity of Canonical Marriage. 7. Christ s Faithful 8. Temporal Goods of the Church 9. Lay Status and the Exercise of the Sanctifying Office 10. Roman Law: Its Impact on Canon Law 11. General Norms of Canon Law 12. Teaching Office of the Church 13. Sanctifying Office of the Church, Parts I-III 14. Judicial and Administrative Praxis 15. History of Canon Law 16. Jurisprudence on Simulation 17. Methodology of Canon Law

12 Comparative Study of the Latin and Eastern Codes. X. Research Areas of Interest 1. Inculturation of Canon Law 2. Historical Development of Legal Systems 3. Methods in Canon Law XI. Membership in Scholarly and Professional Associations Association of African Theologians XII. Referees 4. Rev. Prof. John Lukwata, Head of Department of Sacred Liturgy 5. Rev. Prof. Peter Gichure, Director of Academic Linkages REV. DR. DIEUDONNE NGONA Institute of Canon Law