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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo

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Metropolitan
  
Bukavu

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Placide Lubamba Ndjibu

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
75,365 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 900,000 230,000 (25.6%)

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo (Latin: Kasongoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Kasongo in the Ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Contents

History

  • January 10, 1952: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kasongo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville and the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu
  • November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kasongo

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Kasongo (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (since 1995.11.02)
  • Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. (1990.04.30 – 1995.03.14)
  • Bishop Timothée Pirigisha Mukombe (1966.09.29 – 1990.04.30)
  • Bishop Noël Mala (1963.04.05 – 1964.07.31)
  • Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. (1959.11.10 – 1963.04.05)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kasongo (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. (1952.01.10 – 1959.11.10)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo Wikipedia
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