Diocese of Molegbe
Diocese of Molegbe | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro |
Diocesan bishop | Dominique Bulamatari |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu |
founding | 1911 |
surface | 79,000 km² |
Parishes | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 3,761,732 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 1,879,566 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 50% |
Diocesan priest | 39 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 30,813 |
Friars | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 66 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue |
The diocese Molegbe ( lat. : Dioecesis Molegbensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Molegbe .
history
The Diocese of Molegbe was established on April 7, 1911 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Léopoldville as Apostolic Prefecture Ubanghi Belga . The Apostolic Prefecture Ubanghi Belga was founded on January 28, 1935 by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quaevis inter infideles raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On November 10, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Ubanghi Belga by Pope John XXIII. raised to the diocese of the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and renamed the Diocese of Molegbe . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ubanghi Belga
- Fulgenzio da Gerard-Montes OFMCap , 1911-1930
- Basile Octave Tanghe OFMCap, 1931-1935
Vicars Apostolic of Ubanghi Belga
- Basile Octave Tanghe OFMCap, 1935-1947
- Jean Ghislain Delcuve OFMCap, 1948-1958
- Léon Théobald Delaere OFMCap, 1958-1959
Bishops of Molegbe
- Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap, 1959-1967
- Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu , 1968–1997
- Ignace Matondo CICM , 1998-2007
- Dominique Bulamatari , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)