Archdiocese of Bukavu
Bukavuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu 26 December 1929 (later renamed Costermansville, then Bukavu) and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese 10 November 1959, with suffragans Butembo-Beni, Goma, Kasongo, Kindu, and Uvira. Its cathedral is the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de la Paix in Bukavu.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Bukavuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000977
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,099,164
- Population
- 2,275,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 48.3%
- Priests
- 262
- Catholics per priest
- 4,195
- Extent
- 8,115 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
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
- Archbishop
- Francois-Xavier Maroy Rusengo
- Born
- 1 September 1956
- Birthplace
- Bukavu
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de la Paix, Bukavu stands in Bukavu, 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 Bukavu
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Butembo-BeniButembo-Beni
- Diocese of GomaGoma
- Diocese of KasongoKasongo
- Diocese of KinduKindu
- Diocese of UviraUvira
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.