Diocese of Lolo
Loloën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in the Mongala region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established as an Apostolic Prefecture on 22 February 1937 and erected as a diocese on 2 July 1962. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1962
- Latin
- Loloën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002039
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 79,239
- Population
- 157,000
- Catholic share
- 50.5%
- Priests
- 22
- Catholics per priest
- 3,602
- Extent
- 10,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.9
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
de San Juan Bautista stands in Lolo, 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.
The province of Mbandaka-Bikoro
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mbandaka-BikoroMbandaka-Bikoro
- Diocese of BasankusuBasankusu
- Diocese of Bokungu-IkelaBokungu
- Diocese of BudjalaBudjala
- Diocese of LisalaLisala
- Diocese of MolegbeMolegbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Though it bears the name Lolo (Latin: Loloën(sis)), this Roman Catholic diocese of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is seated in the town of Bumba, within the ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].