Diocese of Uvira
Uviraën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in South Kivu Province on the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected on 16 April 1962. Its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Paul in Uvira, and it is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 April 1962
- Latin
- Uviraën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000057
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 486,921
- Population
- 1,503,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 32.4%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 5,351
- Extent
- 36,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Sebastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe
- Born
- 8 May 1958
- 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 Saint-Paul stands in Uvira, 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 KasongoKasongo
- Diocese of KinduKindu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 16 April 1962, the Diocese of Uvira (Latin: Uviraën(sis)) is a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu. Its bounds take in the pastoral zones of Uvira Territory, Fizi Territory, and Mwenga Territory, along with portions of Walungu Territory and Kabambare Territory.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché, 11 Av. Kivu 1, Nyamyanda [Uvira], Rép. Démocratique du Congo
- Telephone
- [097]359.68.05
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.