Suffragan diocese Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Kindu
Kinduen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Saint-Esprit (1907) (Cathédrale)Kindu · CathedralView parish
- Marie - Médiatrice (1931)KibomboView parish
- Mater Dei (1937)PuniaView parish
- Notre-Dame de Sept Douleurs (1907)LokanduView parish
- Notre-Dame du Bon Vouloir (1921)MalelaView parish
- Regina Pacis (1954)DikululuView parish
- Saint-Charles Lwcuiga, Quasi-paroisse Nyoka (1972)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Gaston (1959)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Jean - Baptiste (1971)FerekeniView parish
- Saint-Joseph (1946)KailoView parish
- Saint-Paul (1959)KinduView parish
- Saint-Pierre (1970)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte Famille Katoko (1973)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Anne (1953)SambaView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse (1949)KaseseView parish
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.