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Suffragan diocese Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Isiro-Niangara

Isiren(sis)-Niangaraën(sis)

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.

On the map

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Isiro, 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
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.

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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.

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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.