Diocese of Kole
| Diocese of Kole | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kananga |
| Diocesan bishop | Emery Kibal Mansong'loo CP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala OFM |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 66,000 km² |
| Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 396,547 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 90,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 22.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,333 |
| Friars | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 48 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kole ( lat. : Dioecesis Kolensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kole .
history
The diocese of Kole was on June 14, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad catholicam fidem from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Léopoldville as Apostolic Prefecture Kole . On September 14, 1967, the Apostolic Prefecture Kole was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Sacram Evangelii .
The diocese of Kole is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kananga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kole
- Victor Van Beurden SSCC , 1951-1967
Bishops of Kole
- Victor Van Beurden SSCC, 1967-1980
- Louis Nkinga Bondala CICM , 1980–1996, then Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala
-
Stanislas Lukumwena Lumbala OFM , 1998-2008
- Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFMCap , 2008–2015 Apostolic Administrator
- Emery Kibal Mansong'loo CP , since 2015
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ad catholicam fidem , AAS 43 (1951), n.17, p. 828f.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sacram Evangelii , AAS 60 (1968), n.4, pp. 179f.