Diocese of Budjala
Budialaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Budjala, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in the Sud-Ubangi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Erected 25 November 1964 from the Diocese of Lisala and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 1964
- Latin
- Budialaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000969
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 562,335
- Population
- 1,135,278
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.5%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 10,814
- Extent
- 50,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Philibert Tembo Nlandu
- Born
- 3 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Nganda Kikamba
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)
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
Cathédrale Notre-Dame stands in Budjala, 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 Mbandaka-Bikoro
A suffragan of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mbandaka-BikoroMbandaka-Bikoro
- Diocese of BasankusuBasankusu
- Diocese of Bokungu-IkelaBokungu
- Diocese of LisalaLisala
- Diocese of LoloLolo
- Diocese of MolegbeMolegbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.