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Roman Catholic Diocese of Boma

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Metropolitan
  
Kinshasa

Pope
  
Francis

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
11,350 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 512,213 171,230 (33.4%)

Bishop
  
Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boma (Latin: Bomaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Boma in the Ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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History

  • February 26, 1934: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Boma from the Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua and Central Katanga and Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
  • November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Boma

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Boma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. (since 2001.03.13)
  • Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (1975.11.22 – 2001.05.21)
  • Bishop Raymond Ndudi (1967.02.09 – 1975.11.22)
  • Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. (1959.11.10 – 1967.02.09)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Boma (Roman rite)
  • Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. (1950.12.23 – 1959.11.10)
  • Bishop Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. (1934.02.26 – 1949.12.04)

    • Cathedral

    Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Boma

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Boma Wikipedia
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