Diocese of Wamba
| Diocese of Wamba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisangani |
| Diocesan bishop | Janvier Kataka Luvete |
| Vicar General | André Massinganda Mungwatisio |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 68,000 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 629.110 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 181,340 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 28.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,422 |
| Friars | 20 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Diocese of Wamba ( Latin Dioecesis Vambaensis , French Diocèse de Wamba ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Wamba .
history
The diocese of Wamba was on March 10, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Evangelizationis inter infideles from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Stanley Falls as Apostolic Vicariate Wamba . On November 10, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Wamba by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum raised to the diocese.
The diocese of Wamba is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kisangani as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Wamba
- Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols SCJ , 1949-1959
Bishops of Wamba
- Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols SCJ, 1959-1964
- Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu , 1968–1990
- Charles Kambale Mbogha AA , 1990–1995, then Bishop of Isiro-Niangara
- Janvier Kataka Luvete , since 1996