Diocese of Mweka
| Diocese of Mweka | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kananga |
| Diocesan bishop | Oscar Nkolo Kanowa CICM |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 21,700 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 873,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 365,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 41.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,605 |
| Friars | 21 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Martin |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mweka ( lat. : Dioecesis Mvekaensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mweka .
history
The diocese Mweka was on March 24, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Luluabourg as Apostolic Prefecture Mweka . On September 29, 1964, the Apostolic Prefecture Mweka was by Pope Paul VI. elevated to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Sanctorum mater .
The diocese of Mweka is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kananga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Mweka
- Marcel Evariste Van Rengen CJ , 1957–1964
Bishops of Mweka
- Marcel Evariste Van Rengen CJ, 1964–1988
- Gérard Mulumba Kalemba , 1989-2017
- Oscar Nkolo Kanowa CICM , since 2017
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sanctorum mater , AAS 77 (1965), n.8, p. 563f.