Diocese of Bunia
Buniaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It originated as the Apostolic Prefecture of Lake Albert in 1922, became an apostolic vicariate in 1933, and was promoted to a diocese 10 November 1959; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisangani. Its cathedral is the Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Graces in Bunia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Buniaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000983
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 439,700
- Population
- 710,226
- Catholic share
- 61.9%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 4,997
- Extent
- 22,470 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Dieudonne Uringi Uuci
- Born
- 28 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Bunia
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Graces, Bunia stands in Bunia, 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 Kisangani
A suffragan of Kisangani.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KisanganiKisangani
- Diocese of BondoBondo
- Diocese of ButaButa
- Diocese of Dungu-DorumaDungu
- Diocese of IsangiIsangi
- Diocese of Isiro-NiangaraIsiro
- Diocese of Mahagi-NiokaMahagi
- Diocese of WambaWamba
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].