Diocese of Boma

Bomaën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Latin-rite diocese in Kongo Central province, western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Established as an apostolic vicariate 26 February 1934 and promoted to a diocese 10 November 1959; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Boma.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 10 November 1959
Latin: Bomaën(sis)
Annuario code: 001000923

The see in figures

Catholics: 171,230
Population: 512,213
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 33.4%
Priests: 220
Catholics per priest: 778
Extent: 11,350 km²
Catholics per km²: 15

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop: Jose-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba
Born: 30 July 1962
Birthplace: Kinshasa

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Boma stands in Boma, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Kinshasa

A suffragan of Kinshasa.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.