Diocese of Kindu
| Diocese of Kindu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bukavu |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 82,883 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,000,000 (12/31/2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 350,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 35% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,778 |
| Friars | 19 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
Cathedral in Kindu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kindu ( Latin Dioecesis Kinduensis , French Diocèse de Kindu ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kindu .
history
The Diocese of Kindu was on April 23, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolica Sedes from cessions of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Kongolo and Stanleyville as Apostolic Vicariate Kindu . On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Kindu was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bukavu as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kindu
- Jean Fryns CSSp , 1957-1959
Bishops of Kindu
- Jean Fryns CSSp, 1959-1965
- Albert Onyembo Lomandjo CSSp, 1966-1978
- Paul Mambe Mukanga , 1979-2004
-
Willy Ngumbi Ngengele MAfr , 2007–2019, then Bishop of Goma
- Sedis vacancy since April 23, 2019