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Suffragan diocese Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Kisantu

Kisantuen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, established as an Apostolic Vicariate on 1 April 1931 and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathèdrale Notre Dame de Sept Douleurs, in Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Established
1959
Catholics
601,000
Priests
248
Territory
31,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda
Born
22 October 1969
Birthplace
Kinshasa

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The cathedral

Cathèdrale Notre Dame de Sept Douleurs stands in Kisantu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Kisantu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kisantuen(sis)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa.

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