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Suffragan diocese Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Kindu

Kinduen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as an Apostolic Vicariate on 23 April 1956 from the vicariates of Kongolo and Stanleyville and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu.

On the map

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Kindu, 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
1959
Catholics
171,070
Priests
52
Territory
82,883 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Francois Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa
Born
9 February 1974
Birthplace
Maniema

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The cathedral

del Espíritu Santo stands in Kindu, 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

Within the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kindu (Latin: Kinduen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Kindu.