Kenge diocese
| Kenge diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kinshasa |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gaspard Mudiso Mundla SVD |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 34,385 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,043,106 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 596,240 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 57.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,015 |
| Friars | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 95 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge ( Latin Dioecesis Kengensis , French Diocèse de Kenge ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kenge .
history
The diocese of Kenge was on July 5, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Illa spei from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariates Kikwit and Kisantu as Apostolic Prefecture Kenge . On July 6, 1963, the Apostolic Prefecture Kenge was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese.
The Diocese of Kenge is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kenge
- Jean Van der Heyden SVD , 1957–1963
Bishops of Kenge
- François Hoenen SVD, 1963–1974
- Dieudonné M'Sanda Tsinda-Hata , 1974–1999
- Gaspard Mudiso Mundla SVD, 1999-2018
- Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi , since 2018