Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu

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Metropolitan Mbandaka-Bikoro Pope Francis Area 70,000 km²		Rite Latin Rite Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku

Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2006) 584,000 230,331 (39.4%) Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu (Latin: Basankusuen(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa).

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul (Saints Paul and Peter) in the city of Basankusu.

History

Established on July 28, 1926 as Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers

January 8, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu

Lost territory on 14 June 1951 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi (now a diocese)

Promoted on November 10, 1959 as Diocese of Basankusu, ceasing to be exempt

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite, mostly -initially missionary- members of Latin congregations)

Apostolic Prefects of Basankusu

Gerardo Wantenaar, Mill Hill Missionaries (M.H.M.) (1927.02.02 – 1948.01.08 see below)

Apostolic Vicars of Basankusu

Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03) (see above 1948.01.08 – 1951.12.03)

Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Legia (1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10 see below)

Bishops of Basankusu

Willem van Kester, M.H.M. (see above 1959.11.10 – 1974.11.18)

Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1974.11.18 – 1998.06.27)

Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (2001.11.09 - ...), previously Apostolic Administrator (1998 – 2001.11.09) while Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Democratic Republic of Congo) (1993.12.06 – 2001.11.09)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu Wikipedia

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