Gabriel Mbilingi

Gabriel Mbilingi C.S.Sp., (born 17 January 1958 in Bândua, Bié, Angola) is the current Angolan Archbishop of Lubango.

Since 20 November 2009 he is the president of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Principe, or CEAST (Conferencia Episcopal de Angola e São Tomé e Príncipe).

On February 26, 1984 Gabriel Mbilingi joined the Congregation of the Spiritan (Latin: Congregatio Sancti Spiritus; CSSp) and received the ordination.

Later he followed the resignation of his predecessor, José da Próspero Ascensao Puaty as Bishop of Lwena in the Huambo Province.

[4] On 29 June 2010, he was received as the new Metropolitan[5] of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lubango in St. Peter's Basilica the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI.