Suffragan diocese Lolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Lolo
Loloën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 79,239
- Priests
- 22
- Territory
- 10,000 km²
Parishes and churches
7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint -Jean Baptiste (Cathédrale) (1921)Lolo · CathedralView parish
- Christ-Roi (1941)YaligimbaView parish
- Saint- Joseph (1958)MobwasaView parish
- Saint- Norbert (1957)YamolotaView parish
- Saint- Willibrord (1913)MoengeView parish
- Sainte- Marie (1940)LolokaView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus (1936)EkamaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Bertin Nadonye Ndongo, O.F.M. Cap.
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The cathedral
Catedral 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.
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.