Diocese of Mahagi-Nioka
Mahagien(sis)-Niokaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mahagi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as the Diocese of Mahagi on 2 July 1962 from the Diocese of Bunia and renamed Mahagi-Nioka on 30 October 1967. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 October 1967
- Latin
- Mahagien(sis)-Niokaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002105
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 858,789
- Population
- 1,563,633
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 54.9%
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 8,026
- Extent
- 18,490 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Sosthene Ayikuli Udjuwa
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 de Lourdes stands in Mahagi, 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 Kisangani
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kisangani.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KisanganiKisangani
- Diocese of BondoBondo
- Diocese of BuniaBunia
- Diocese of ButaButa
- Diocese of Dungu-DorumaDungu
- Diocese of IsangiIsangi
- Diocese of Isiro-NiangaraIsiro
- Diocese of WambaWamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the territories of Mahagi-Nioka form a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Mahagi-Nioka; French: Diocèse catholique romain de Mahagi-Nioka) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Kisangani.
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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.