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Suffragan diocese Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Dungu-Doruma

Dunguen(sis)-Dorumaën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in the Haut-Uele region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Doruma 24 February 1958, promoted to a diocese 26 September 1967 (named Doruma-Dungu from 1970), and renamed Diocese of Dungu-Doruma on 8 November 2023; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisangani.

On the map

Esri
Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1958
Catholics
105,000
Priests
51
Territory
44,000 km²

Parishes and churches

11 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Emile Mushosho Matabaro
Born
5 March 1967
Birthplace
Bukavu

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Saints Martyrs de l’Ouganda stands in Dungu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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