Diocese of Inongo
| Diocese of Inongo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kinshasa |
| Diocesan bishop | Donatien Bafuidinsoni SJ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Léon Lesambo Ndamwize Philippe Nkiere Keana CICM |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 100,000 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,150,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 737,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 64.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 63 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,338 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 140 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Albert |
| Website | www.evecheinongo.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Inongo ( Latin Dioecesis Inongoensis , French Diocèse d'Inongo ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Inongo .
history
The diocese Inongo was on June 29, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Léopoldville as the Apostolic Vicariate Inongo . On November 10, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Inongo by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum raised to the diocese.
The diocese of Inongo is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Inongo
- 1954–1959 Jan Van Cauwelaert CICM
Bishops of Inongo
- 1959–1967 Jan Van Cauwelaert CICM
- 1967-2005 Léon Lesambo Ndamwize
- 2005–2018 Philippe Nkiere Keana CICM
- since 2018 Donatien Bafuidinsoni SJ
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Inongo (French)
- Entry on Diocese of Inongo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)