Diocese of Doruma-Dungu
| Diocese of Doruma-Dungu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard Domba Mady |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 44,000 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 690,816 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 507.832 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 73.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,360 |
| Friars | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The diocese of Dungu-Doruma ( Latin Dioecesis Dorumaensis-Dunguensis , French Diocèse de Doruma-Dungu ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Dungu .
history
The Diocese of Doruma-Dungu was founded on February 24, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui cotidie from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Niangara as Apostolic Prefecture Doruma . On September 26, 1967, the Apostolic Prefecture Doruma was by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Haud multum raised to the diocese. The diocese of Doruma was renamed the Diocese of Doruma-Dungu on July 3, 1970 .
The diocese of Doruma-Dungu is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Doruma
- Guillaume van den Elzen OSA , 1958-1967
Bishops of Doruma
- Guillaume van den Elzen OSA, 1967-1970
Bishops of Doruma-Dungu
- Guillaume van den Elzen OSA, 1970-1983
- Emile Aiti Waro Leru'a , 1983–1989, then Bishop of Isiro-Niangara
- Richard Domba Mady , since 1994
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Qui cotidie , AAS 50 (1958), n.13, p. 619ff.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Haud multum , AAS 60 (1968), n.4, pp. 184f.