Diocese of Gamboma
Gambomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gamboma, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese centered on the town of Gamboma in the Republic of the Congo, erected on 22 February 2013. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville and its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Pie-X.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 February 2013
- Latin
- Gambomen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Catherine of Siena
- Annuario code
- 001001462
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Population
- 193,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 57.0%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 4,231
- Extent
- 38,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
- Urbain Ngassongo
- Born
- 15 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Kinshasa
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-Pie-X stands in Gamboma, 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 Brazzaville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Brazzaville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BrazzavilleBrazzaville
- Diocese of KinkalaKinkala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Gamboma, a town in the Republic of the Congo, hosts a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Gambomensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville.
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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.