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Suffragan diocese Kabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Kabinda

Kabindaën(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as an Apostolic Vicariate in 1953 and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga. The see has been administered by Archbishop Felicien Ntambue Kasembe of Kananga since his transfer on 19 March 2024.

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The address the register holds for Catedral de San Martín, in Kabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Established
1959
Catholics
200,000
Priests
72
Territory
58,625 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Félicien Ntambue Kasembe
Born
8 September 1970
Birthplace
Kabinda
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Martín stands in Kabinda, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Kabinda is home to a Latin suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Kabindaën(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The cathedral and episcopal see stand in the city of Kabinda.

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