Diocese of Kinkala
Diocese of Kinkala | |
Basic data | |
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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
- Anatole Milandou , October 3, 1987 - January 23, 2001, then Archbishop of Brazzaville
- Louis Portella , October 16, 2001 - March 5, 2020
- Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga , since March 5, 2020
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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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 |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Kinkala on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Kinkala on gcatholic.org (English)