He was ordained a priest on 9 August 1998. In the following years, he obtained a licentiate in Theology at the Centre Sèvres of the Jesuits Fathers in France but was then recalled to the Central African Republic by his Institute to carry out the functions of Regional Superior.

Since 2009, he has been apostolic administrator of Bangui, and on 14 May 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui. He received episcopal consecration on 22 July of the same year. Since July 2013, he has served as president of the Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic, and in that capacity, he participated in the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family in October 2014.

In November of 2015, he welcomed Pope Francis in his diocese. In Bangui, the Holy Father opened the first door of the Holy Year of Mercy.

Personally committed to the peace process in his country, in 2013, he participated alongside the president of the Islamic Council and the president of the Evangelical Alliance in Bangui, in the foundation of the interfaith Platform for Peace in Central Africa.