Diocese of Boma
Bomaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Kongo Central province, western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Established as an apostolic vicariate 26 February 1934 and promoted to a diocese 10 November 1959; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Boma.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Bomaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000923
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 171,230
- Population
- 512,213
- Catholic share
- 33.4%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 778
- Extent
- 11,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Jose-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba
- Born
- 30 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Kinshasa
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Boma stands in Boma, 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 Kinshasa
A suffragan of Kinshasa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KinshasaKinshasa
- Diocese of IdiofaIdiofa
- Diocese of InongoInongo
- Diocese of KengeKenge
- Diocese of KikwitKikwit
- Diocese of KisantuKisantu
- Diocese of MatadiMatadi
- Diocese of PopokabakaPopokabaka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].