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Diocese of Inongo

Inongoën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese covering the Mai-Ndombe lake region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, seated in Inongo. Established as an apostolic vicariate 29 June 1953 and elevated to a diocese 10 November 1959; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 November 1959
Latin
Inongoën(sis)
Annuario code
001001666

The see in figures

Catholics
407,000
Population
823,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
49.5%
Priests
74
Catholics per priest
5,500
Extent
100,000 km²
Catholics per km²
4.1

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
Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J.

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 Saint-Albert stands in Inongo, 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.

History

The city of Inongo, in the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gives its name and seat to the Diocese of Inongo (Latin: Inongoën(sis)).

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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.