Diocese of Kinkala

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Diocese of Kinkala
Map of the Diocese of Kinkala
Basic data
Country Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Diocesan bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga
Emeritus diocesan bishop Louis Portella
founding 1987
surface 20,000 km²
Parishes 15 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 197,700 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 107,415 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 54.3%
Diocesan priest 31 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 3,465
Friars 14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 12 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
Website http://diocesedekinkala.free.fr/
Ecclesiastical province
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The diocese of Kinkala ( Latin Dioecesis Kinkalana , French Diocèse de Kinkala ) is in the Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kinkala . It includes the districts: Boko, Mindouli, Kindamba, Mayama and Kinkala in the Pool department .

history

Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia sancta on October 3, 1987 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Brazzaville , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.

Bishops of Kinkala

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
1990 82,000 159,000 51.6 16 13 3 5.125 6th 19th 13
1997 130,656 212.190 61.6 32 26th 6th 4,083 13 27 13
2002 90,000 190,000 47.4 16 15th 1 5,625 9 7th 13
2003 84,000 140,000 60.0 12 10 2 7,000 10 10 13
2004 84,000 140,000 60.0 14th 13 1 6,000 7th 10 13
2006 88,500 148,000 59.8 16 16 5,531 8th 11 13
2013 99,400 183,000 54.3 27 27 3,681 20th 18th 14th

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