Diocese of Bunia
Diocese of Bunia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
Diocesan bishop | Dieudonné Uringi Uuci |
founding | 1922 |
surface | 22,470 km² |
Parishes | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 1,070,461 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 539,265 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 50.4% |
Diocesan priest | 52 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 8,426 |
Friars | 37 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 163 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Grâces |
The Diocese of Bunia ( Latin Dioecesis Buniaensis , French Diocèse de Bunia ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Bunia .
history
The diocese of Bunia was founded on June 27, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. established from cessions of the Apostolic Vicariates Northern Victoria-Nyanza and Stanley Falls as Apostolic Prefecture Lac Albert . The Apostolic Prefecture Lac Albert was on December 11, 1933 by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Lacus Alberti raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . On November 10, 1959 the Apostolic Vicariate Lac Albert was by Pope John XXIII. raised to the diocese with the apostolic constitution Cum parvulum and renamed the diocese of Bunia . The diocese of Bunia gave up on July 2, 1962 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Mahagi .
The diocese of Bunia is subordinate to the archbishopric Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Lac Albert
- Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen MAfr , 1922–1933
Vicars Apostolic of Lac Albert
- Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen MAfr, 1933–1959
Bishops of Bunia
- Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen MAfr, 1959–1963
- Gabriel Ukec , 1964-1984
- Léonard Dhejju , 1984-2002
- Dieudonné Uringi Uuci , since 2005