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Roman Catholic Diocese of Lolo

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Metropolitan
  
Mbandaka-Bikoro

Pope
  
Francis

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
10,000 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 157,000 79,239 (50.5%)

Bishop
  
Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lolo (Latin: Loloën(sis)) is a diocese located in the town of Bumba in the Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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History

  • February 22, 1937: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Buta
  • July 2, 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Lolo

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Lolo (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke (since 1987.08.28)
  • Bishop Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. (1962.07.02 – 1987.08.28)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Lolo (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Joseph Ignace Waterschoot, O. Praem. (1949.11.21 – 1962.07.02)
  • Fr. Giacomo Jacobs, O. Praem. (1937 – 1948)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Lolo Wikipedia
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