Diocese of Idiofa

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Diocese of Idiofa
Basic data
Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Kinshasa
Diocesan bishop José Moko Ekanga PSS
Emeritus diocesan bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi OMI
founding 1937
surface 40,000 km²
Parishes 43 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 2,750,500 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 1,552,250 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 56.4%
Diocesan priest 100 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 20 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 12,935
Friars 40 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 109 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Cathédrale Saint Kizito
Website http://www.idiofadiocese.com/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Idiofa ( Latin Dioecesis Idiofaensis , French Diocèse d'Idiofa ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Idiofa .

history

The Diocese of Idiofa was founded on April 13, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo uberiores from assignments of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Kasaï Superiore and Koango o Kwango as Apostolic Prefecture Ipamu . The Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu was founded on February 12, 1948 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Missio quaevis raised to the Apostolic Vicariate.

On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Ipamu was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa as a suffragan . The diocese of Ipamu was renamed the Diocese of Idiofa on June 20, 1960 .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Ipamu

Vicars Apostolic of Ipamu

Bishops of Ipamu

  • René Toussaint OMI, 1959-1960

Bishops of Idiofa

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quo uberiores , AAS 29 (1937), n.10, pp. 334f.
  2. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Missio quaevis , AAS 40 (1948), n.9 , pp. 359f.
  3. ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum parvulum , AAS 52 (1960), n.6, p. 372ff.