Diocese of Kasongo
Kasongoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kasongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as an Apostolic Vicariate on 10 January 1952 from the vicariates of Baudouinville and Kivu and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It covers 75,365 km2 and is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Kasongoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001817
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 230,000
- Population
- 900,000
- Catholic share
- 25.6%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 4,600
- Extent
- 75,365 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M.Afr.
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 Saint Charles Borromée stands in Kasongo, 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 Bukavu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bukavu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BukavuBukavu
- Diocese of Butembo-BeniButembo-Beni
- Diocese of GomaGoma
- Diocese of KinduKindu
- Diocese of UviraUvira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Kasongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasongo (Latin: Kasongoën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu.
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].