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Diocese of Molegbe

Molegben(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Molegbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Latin-rite diocese in the Nord-Ubangi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established on 7 April 1911 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Belgian Ubanghi and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. Its cathedral is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro. Bishop Joseph Mopepe Ngongo was appointed 15 April 2025 and ordained and installed on 6 July 2025.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 November 1959
Latin
Molegben(sis)
Annuario code
001002263

The see in figures

Catholics
944,440
Population
3,761,732
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
25.1%
Priests
83
Catholics per priest
11,379
Extent
79,000 km²
Catholics per km²
12

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
Joseph Mopepe Ngongo
Born
15 July 1966
Birthplace
Gemena

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 Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue stands in Molegbe, 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 Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Molegbe (Latin: Molegben(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bishop's seat is the Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (St. Anthony of Padua) in the city of Molegbe.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Evêché, B.P. 74, Gbado-Lite, Equateur

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Sources

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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.