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Diocese of Budjala

Budialaën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in the Sud-Ubangi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Erected 25 November 1964 from the Diocese of Lisala and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
25 November 1964
Latin
Budialaën(sis)
Annuario code
001000969

The see in figures

Catholics
562,335
Population
1,135,278
Catholic share
49.5%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
52
Catholics per priest
10,814
Extent
50,000 km²
Catholics per km²
11

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
Philibert Tembo Nlandu
Born
3 November 1962
Birthplace
Nganda Kikamba
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)

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

Cathédrale Notre-Dame stands in Budjala, 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 Mbandaka-Bikoro

A suffragan of Mbandaka-Bikoro.

The sees of this province:

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.

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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].