Diocese of Kabinda
Diocese of Kabinda | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kananga |
Diocesan bishop | Félicien Ntambue Kasembe CICM (appointed) |
founding | 1953 |
surface | 58,625 km² |
Parishes | 30 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 1,141,080 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 591.100 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 51.8% |
Diocesan priest | 53 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 3 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10,555 |
Friars | 18 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 138 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
The diocese of Kabinda ( lat. : Dioecesis Kabindaensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kabinda .
history
The diocese of Kabinda was on March 24, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Luluabourg as Apostolic Vicariate Kabinda . On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Kabinda was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kananga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kabinda
- Georges Kettel CICM , 1953-1959
Bishops of Kabinda
- Georges Kettel CICM, 1959–1968
- Matthieu Kanyama , 1968-1995
- Valentin Masengo Mkinda , 1995-2018
- Félicien Ntambue Kasembe CICM, since 2020