Diocese of Idiofa
Diocese of Idiofa | |
Basic data | |
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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
- Alphonse Bossart OMI , 1937-1948
Vicars Apostolic of Ipamu
- Alphonse Bossart OMI, 1948–1957
- René Toussaint OMI, 1958–1959
Bishops of Ipamu
- René Toussaint OMI, 1959-1960
Bishops of Idiofa
- René Toussaint OMI, 1960–1970
- Eugène Biletsi Onim , 1970-1994
- Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi OMI, 1997-2006
- José Moko Ekanga PSS , since 2009