# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theophile-kaboy-ruboneka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:32.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theophile-kaboy-ruboneka"
name: "Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka"
slug: "theophile-kaboy-ruboneka"
description: "Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka is a Congolese Catholic prelate who is the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since his age-related retirement on 23 April 2019. He served as the Local Ordinary at Goma from 18 March 2010. Before that, from 21 April 2009 until 10 March 2010, he was Coadjutor Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Goma. He succeeded at Goma when Bishop Faustin Ngabu retired. Prior to then, Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo, from 2 November 1995 until 21 April 2009. He was appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated and installed at Kasongo, on 19 March 1996. On 21 April 2009, The Holy Father transferred him to the Diocese of Goma as Coadjutor Bishop. He succeeded as the Local Ordinary on 18 March 2010. He was installed at Goma on 11 April 2010. He retired from pastoral care on 23 April 2019 at the age of 78 years."
tagline: "Bishop emeritus of the diocese of Goma"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mitre_plain_2.png/330px-Mitre_plain_2.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
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profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1941-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           7.002484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump