Suffragan diocese Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Kikwit
Kikuiten(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, tracing to an Apostolic Prefecture of 1903 and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. Covering about 62,000 km2 with over two million Catholics, it is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
On the map
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- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 2,004,852
- Priests
- 183
- Territory
- 62,000 km²
Parishes and churches
47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint-Paul (1988)Masi-ManimbaView parish
- Saint-Paul (1996) Kikwit IIIKikwitView parish
- Saint-Pierre (1971) Kikwit IIIKikwitView parish
- Saint-Pierre Canisius (1937)KinzambiView parish
- Saint-Pierre Claver (1918)KingungiView parish
- Saint-Sauveur (1978) Kikwit IIKikwitView parish
- Sainte-Famille (1935)GunguView parish
- Sainte-Marie (1961)KikwitView parish
- Sainte-Monique (1988) KikwitKikwitView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant- Jésus (1951)MokamoView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant- Jésus (1963)ImbongoView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (1928)KikomboView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus (1953)FeshiView parish
- Sainte-Trinité (1947)PindiView parish
- Saints Martyrs Ugandais (1930)LumbiView parish
- Saints-Ludovic et Delphine (1924)YasaView parish
- Saints-Pierre et Jean Apôtre (1957)TumikiaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Timothee Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Francisco Javier stands in Kikwit, 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.
History
Kikwit, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the seat of a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Kikuiten(sis)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa.