Diocese of Buta
| Diocese of Buta | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Banga Bane |
| founding | 1898 |
| surface | 60,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 455,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 285,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 62.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 35,625 |
| Religious sisters | 28 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The diocese of Buta ( Latin Dioecesis Butana , French Diocèse de Buta ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Buta .
history
The diocese of Buta was founded in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII. established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Léopoldville as the Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé . The Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé gave up on December 18, 1911 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of East Uélé . On December 18, 1911, the Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of West Uélé . The Apostolic Prefecture of West Uélé was founded on April 25, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Ut in praefectura raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . On March 10, 1926, the Vicariate Apostolic West-Uélé gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo . The Apostolic Vicariate West-Uélé was renamed on March 10, 1926 in Apostolic Vicariate Buta . On February 22, 1937, the Vicariate Apostolic Buta gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture Lolo .
The Apostolic Vicariate Buta was on November 10, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of West Uélé
- Leone Dérikx OPraem , 1912-1924
Vicars Apostolic of West Uélé
- Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven OPraem, 1924–1926
Vicars Apostolic of Buta
- Charles Alphonse Armand Vanuytven OPraem, 1926–1952
- Georges Désiré Raeymaecker's OPraem, 1953–1959
Bishops of Buta
- Georges Désiré Raeymaecker's OPraem, 1959–1960
- Jacques Mbali , 1961-1996
- Joseph Banga Bane , since 1996