Metropolitan see Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Kisangani
Kisanganien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, established in 1904 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls, promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanleyville on 10 November 1959, and renamed Kisangani on 30 May 1966. Its cathedral is Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Kisangani. Suffragans: Bondo, Bunia, Buta, Doruma-Dungu, Isangi, Isiro-Niangara, Mahagi-Nioka, and Wamba.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 959,340
- Priests
- 120
- Territory
- 150,123 km²
Parishes and churches
36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sainte Thérèse / MandombeTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Elisabeth de Banalia (1903)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Famille (1967)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Marie-René de la paix (1992)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus de LubutuTown not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Thérése de l’Enfant Jésus de Mokaria (1924)Town not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marcel Utembi Tapa
- Born
- 7 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Luma
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire stands in Kisangani, 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
Kisangani holds the Metropolitan See of its own ecclesiastical province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani (Latin: Kisanganien(sis)).