Bishopric Bondo
Bishopric Bondo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
Diocesan bishop | Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi |
founding | 1926 |
surface | 75,600 km² |
Parishes | 7 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 454.267 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 209,700 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 46.2% |
Diocesan priest | 14 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 5 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 11,037 |
Friars | 7 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 19 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Croix |
Website | http://www.diocesebondo.org/ |
The diocese of Bondo ( Latin Dioecesis Bondoensis , French Diocèse de Bondo ) is one in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Bondo .
history
The Diocese of Bondo was founded on March 10, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Admonet supremi from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate West-Uélé as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo . The Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo was founded on December 2, 1937 by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Sicubi per apostolicam raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Bondo was by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum raised to the diocese.
The Diocese of Bondo is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Bondo
- Frédéric Marie Blessing OSC , 1930–1937
Vicars Apostolic of Bondo
- Frédéric Marie Blessing OSC, 1937–1954
- André Creemer's OSC, 1955-1959
Bishops of Bondo
- André Creemer's OSC, 1959-1970
- Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye OP , 1970-1978
- Marcel Bam'ba Gongoa , 1980-1992
- Philippe Nkiere Keana CICM , 1992–2005, then Bishop of Inongo
- Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi , since 2008