Diocese of Isangi
| Diocese of Isangi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 50,000 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 904.640 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 120,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 13.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,714 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Marie Médiatrice |
The diocese Isangi ( Latin Dioecesis Isangiensis , French Diocèse d'Isangi ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Isangi.
history
The diocese Isangi was on June 14, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Enascentium inter from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariates Basankusu , Lisala and Stanleyville as Apostolic Prefecture Isangi . On July 2, 1962, the Isangi Apostolic Prefecture was founded by Pope John XXIII. elevated to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Decessorum Nostrorum .
The diocese of Isangi is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Isangi
- Lodewijk Antoon Jansen SMM , 1952-1952
Bishops of Isangi
- Lodewijk Antoon Jansen SMM, 1962-1988
- Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi OMI , 1988–1997, then Bishop of Idiofa
- Camille Lembi Zaneli , 2000-2011
- Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi , since 2016