Diocese of Kabinda
Kabindaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kabinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Kabindaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001772
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 700,000
- Catholic share
- 28.6%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 2,778
- Extent
- 58,625 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.4
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
- Félicien Ntambue Kasembe
- Born
- 8 September 1970
- Birthplace
- Kabinda
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)
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
de San Martín stands in Kabinda, 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 Kananga
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kananga.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KanangaKananga
- Diocese of KoleKole
- Diocese of LueboLuebo
- Diocese of LuizaLuiza
- Diocese of MbujimayiMbujimayi
- Diocese of MwekaMweka
- Diocese of TshilombaTshilomba
- Diocese of TshumbeTshumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, 1 Avenue Père Samain, Quartier Mbandaka, Commune Kabuela Buela, Kabinda, Rép. Démocratique du Congo
- Telephone
- [081]653.98.32
- [email protected]
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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 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
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].