Diocese of Kikwit
Diocese of Kikwit | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Diocesan bishop | Timothée Bodika Mansiyai PSS |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Edouard Mununu Kasiala OCSO |
founding | 1893 |
surface | 73,000 km² |
Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 4,397,805 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 2,528,205 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 57.5% |
Diocesan priest | 125 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 14,124 |
Friars | 155 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 379 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit ( Latin Dioecesis Kikuitensis , French Diocèse de Kikwit ) is located in the church province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The bishopric is located in the city of Kikwit .
It emerged on November 10, 1959 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit, whose origins lie in the Mission sui juris of Koango established in 1893 (1903 Apostolic Prefecture , 1928 Apostolic Vicariate , since 1955 under the name Kikwit).