Diocese of Isiro-Niangara
Isiren(sis)-Niangaraën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 March 1970
- Latin
- Isiren(sis)-Niangaraën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001678
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,038,778
- Population
- 1,475,128
- Catholic share
- 70.4%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 9,275
- Extent
- 60,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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 Madrapile Tanzi
- Born
- 18 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Faradje
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 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.
The province of Kisangani
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kisangani.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KisanganiKisangani
- Diocese of BondoBondo
- Diocese of BuniaBunia
- Diocese of ButaButa
- Diocese of Dungu-DorumaDungu
- Diocese of IsangiIsangi
- Diocese of Mahagi-NiokaMahagi
- Diocese of WambaWamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].