Suffragan diocese Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Isiro-Niangara
Isiren(sis)-Niangaraën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in the Haut-Uele region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established in 1911 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Uele and bearing the name Isiro-Niangara since 23 March 1970. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani.
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- Established
- 1970
- Catholics
- 1,038,778
- Priests
- 112
- Territory
- 60,000 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (1945)Isiro · CathedralView parish
- Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation de TELY (1992)IsiroView parish
- Notre-Dame de l’Assomption (1957)NdeduView parish
- Notre-Dame du Saint Rosaire (1956)IsiroView parish
- Sacré-Cœur de Jésus (1920)RunguView parish
- Sacré-Cœur de Jésus (1982)NeisuView parish
- Saint Jean-Baptiste (1928)FaradjeView parish
- Saint Jean-Marie Vianney (1928)ViadanaView parish
- Saint-Charles LWANGA (1959)GombariView parish
- Saint-François-Xavier (1949)ToraView parish
- Saint-Joseph (1959)Watsa/MangoroView parish
- Saint-Joseph Travailleur (1970)NangaziziView parish
- Saint-Paul (1937)MakoroView parish
- Saint-Paul Apôtre (1968)TapiliView parish
- Sainte Barbara (1956)DurbaView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (1919)NiangaraView parish
- Sainte-Anne (1970)IsiroView parish
- Sainte-Marie Médiatrice (1958),TaduView parish
- Sainte-Marie Reine du Ciel (1956),ObiView parish
- Sainte-Mère de Dieu (1918)WatsaView parish
- Saints Pierre et Paul (1948)MedjeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Dieudonne Madrapile Tanzi
- Born
- 18 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Faradje
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The cathedral
Cathédrale Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus stands in Isiro, 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.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lies the Diocese of Isiro-Niangara (Latin: Isiren(sis)-Niangaraën(sis)), a Roman Catholic jurisdiction centered on the cities of Isiro and Niangara.