Diocese of Butembo-Beni
Butemben(sis)-Benen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Butembo-Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese covering the cities of Butembo and Beni in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It began as a mission sui iuris in 1934, became an apostolic vicariate in 1938, was promoted to a diocese in 1959, and took its current name in 1967; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 February 1967
- Latin
- Butemben(sis)-Benen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000990
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 993,000
- Population
- 1,463,000
- Catholic share
- 67.9%
- Priests
- 370
- Catholics per priest
- 2,684
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku
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 Saint-André stands in Butembo-Beni, 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 Bukavu
A suffragan of Bukavu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BukavuBukavu
- Diocese of GomaGoma
- Diocese of KasongoKasongo
- Diocese of KinduKindu
- Diocese of UviraUvira
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].