Diocese of Kasongo
Kasongoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kasongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as an Apostolic Vicariate on 10 January 1952 from the vicariates of Baudouinville and Kivu and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It covers 75,365 km2 and is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Kasongoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001817
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 230,000
- Population
- 900,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 25.6%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 4,600
- Extent
- 75,365 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M.Afr.
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 Charles Borromée stands in Kasongo, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BukavuBukavu
- Diocese of Butembo-BeniButembo-Beni
- Diocese of GomaGoma
- Diocese of KinduKindu
- Diocese of UviraUvira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Kasongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo (Latin: Kasongoën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché, B.P. 39, Kasongo [par Kindu], Maniema, Rép. Démocratique du Congo
- Telephone
- [0810]410.469; [099]108.81.16
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.