Diocese of Kisantu
| Diocese of Kisantu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kinshasa |
| Diocesan bishop | Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu |
| founding | 1931 |
| surface | 31,000 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,168,836 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 898,472 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 76.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 124 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,937 |
| Friars | 372 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 304 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathèdrale Notre Dame de Sept Douleurs |
| Website | http://www.diocese-kisantu.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kisantu ( Latin Dioecesis Kisantuensis , French Diocèse de Kisantu ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kisantu .
history
The diocese of Kisantu was founded on April 1, 1931 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Expostularunt from assignments of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Koango o Kwango as Apostolic Vicariate Kisantu . The Apostolic Vicariate Kisantu gave on July 5, 1957 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Kenge .
On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Kisantu by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa as a suffragan . The diocese of Kisantu gave on June 24, 1961 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Popokabaka .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kisantu
- Alphonse Verwimp SJ , 1931-1959
Bishops of Kisantu
- Alphonse Verwimp SJ, 1959-1960
- Pierre Kimbondo , 1961-1973
- Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu , 1973-1993
- Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu , since 1994