Jean-Marie Mvumbi, CICM

Jean-Marie Arnold Mvumbi Phongo is a member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionhurst-CICM), an international missionary congregation serving in many countries around the world including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Zambia and the Central African Republic and many others. A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jean-Marie Mvumbi was sent by his order to the United Stated in 1997 after his Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Saint Augustine University (Université Saint Augustin) in Kinshasa. He earned his Master of Divinity from Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas in 2003. After his ordination in 2003, Father Jean-Marie Mvumbi served as Associate Priest at Sacred Heart Parish in San Antonio, Texas and Pastor of Divine Providence Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas before being asked to become the Provincial Treasurer of American IHM Province, Inc., the US Province of Missionhurst-CICM with its headquarters in Arlington, VA since January 1, 2016.