Diocese of Kinkala
Kinkalan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kinkala, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese centered on the city of Kinkala in the Pool region of the Republic of the Congo, erected on 3 October 1987. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville. Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga has led the diocese since 5 March 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 October 1987
- Latin
- Kinkalan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001866
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 80,180
- Population
- 157,720
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 50.8%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 2,167
- Extent
- 22,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
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
- Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga
- Born
- 27 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Hamon
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
Catedral de Santa Mónica stands in Kinkala, 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 GambomaGamboma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kinkala, a city of the Republic of the Congo, gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kinkalana) in the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville.
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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.