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Suffragan diocese Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Inongo

Inongoën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese covering the Mai-Ndombe lake region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, seated in Inongo. Established as an apostolic vicariate 29 June 1953 and elevated to a diocese 10 November 1959; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

On the map

Esri
Inongo, 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
1953
Catholics
407,000
Priests
74
Territory
100,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Donatien Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana, S.J.

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Saint-Albert stands in Inongo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Inongo, in the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gives its name and seat to the Diocese of Inongo (Latin: Inongoën(sis)).