Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka
| Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 18,490 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,000,295 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,295,006 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 64.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,950 |
| Friars | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 145 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka ( Latin Dioecesis Mahagiensis-Niokaensis , French Diocèse de Mahagi-Nioka ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mahagi .
history
The diocese Mahagi-Nioka was on July 2, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quod Venerabiles from cessions of territory of the Bunia diocese as the Mahagi diocese . The diocese of Mahagi was renamed the Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka on October 30, 1967 .
The diocese of Mahagi-Nioka is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Mahagi
- Thomas Kuba Thowa , 1962–1967
Bishops of Mahagi Nioka
- Thomas Kuba Thowa, 1967–1979
- Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya , 1980-2001
- Marcel Utembi Tapa , 2001-2008, then Archbishop of Kisangani
- Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa , since 2010