New Provincial for the West Africa Province: Fr Jean-Luc Enyegue
Father General has appointed Fr Jean-Luc Enyegue as the new Provincial of the West Africa Province (AOC) of the Society of Jesus. Fr Enyegue takes over from Fr. Mathieu Ndomba, who has served in this role since early 2020.
Born in 1979, in Awaé, Cameroon, Fr Enyegue studied history at the University of Yaoundé I before entering the Society of Jesus in 2002. His novitiate years were spent in Cyangugu, Rwanda, after which he moved to Kimwenza in the Democratic Republic of Congo to study philosophy from 2004 to 2006.
He spent two years of regency in Lomé, Togo, as the Director of the Loyola Cultural Centre, then went to Spain to study theology at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. He was ordained a deacon in 2011 and continued his studies at Boston College, completing a licentiate in theology. On 7 July 2012, he was ordained a priest in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Fr Enyegue subsequently returned to Boston for further studies, and he earned a doctorate in Church History and Hermeneutics in 2018. He was then missioned to Hekima College in Nairobi, where he taught Church history and served as Associate Director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa. After completing his Tertianship, he pronounced his Final Vows in Nairobi on 31 October 2020.
Since then, Fr Enyegue has been serving as the Director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa and as spiritual father of the community of Hekima University College in Nairobi. In 2021, he coordinated the Ignatian Year celebrations for the West Africa Province and was elected Procurator of the Province.
His appointment as Provincial takes effect on 3 January 2026, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
Fr Jean-Luc Enyegue
New Provincial of the West African Province
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