Diocese of Isiro-Niangara
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Diocese of Isiro-Niangara
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| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Julien Andavo Mbia |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Emile Aiti Waro Leru'a |
| founding | 1911 |
| surface | 60,000 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,638,782 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 996.465 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 60.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,581 |
| Friars | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 195 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus |
| Website | http://www.isironiangara.org/index.php |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Isiro-Niangara ( Latin Dioecesis Isirensis-Niangaraensis , French Diocèse d'Isiro-Niangara ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Isiro .
history
The diocese Isiro-Niangara was established on December 18, 1911 by Pope Pius X. from cession of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Uélé as Apostolic Prefecture East-Uélé . On May 6, 1924, the Apostolic Prefecture East Uélé was by Pope Pius XI. raised to the apostolic vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate Ost-Uélé was on December 14, 1926 by Pius XI. Renamed with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ex Apostolico in Apostolic Vicariate Niangara . On February 24, 1958, the Vicariate Apostolic Niangara gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Apostolic Prefecture Doruma .
The Apostolic Vicariate Niangara was on November 10, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan . On March 23, 1970, the diocese of Niangara was renamed the Isiro-Niangara diocese .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of East Uélé
- Reginaldo van Schoote OP , 1912-1922
- Emilio Rolin OP, 1922-1924
Vicars Apostolic of East Uélé
- Robert Constant Lagae OP, 1924-1926
Vicars Apostolic of Niangara
- Robert Constant Lagae OP, 1926-1948
- François-Odon De Wilde OP, 1948-1959
Bishops of Niangara
- François-Odon De Wilde OP, 1959-1970
Bishops of Isiro-Niangara
- François-Odon De Wilde OP, 1970-1976
- Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe , 1976-1989
- Emile Aiti Waro Leru'a , 1989-1994
- Charles Kambale Mbogha AA , 1995–2001, then Archbishop of Bukavu
- Julien Andavo Mbia , since 2003