Coupling of CO₂ separation and CO₂ utilization in membrane reactor is an ideal way to solve CO₂ emission problem. In this study, we report an effective catalytic reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process to produce CO with simultaneous CO₂ capture from CO₂-containing gas mixture using a ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane in a single reactor. The dual-phase membrane is comprised of a ceramic phase of oxygen-ion conductor and molten carbonate phase. The catalytic bed contains a LaNiO₃ (LNO) or La_0.9Ce_0.1NiO_3-δ (LCNO) catalyst. The RWGS reaction process can be catalytically activated by a single membrane without additional catalyst. CO₂ permeation flux of the separation process and CO₂ conversion of the RWGS reaction display significant increase after packing with catalysts in the membrane reactor. The results show that the reactor with LCNO catalyst generally precedes the LNO counterpart in CO₂ conversion rate and the CO production yield. The membrane reactor yields a CO₂ flux of 4.25 ml min⁻¹ cm⁻², which is around 4 times higher than that of the single membrane separation with pure He sweep gas. A CO₂ conversion of 56.8% and a CO production rate of 2.41 ml min⁻¹ cm⁻² can be obtained at 750 °C using the membrane reactor with LCNO catalyst. Long-term stability test shows no obvious sign of degradation within 70 h. Overall, this work presents the technical exploration of a combined CO₂ capture and conversion membrane-reactor for RWGS reaction process.