Diocese of Matadi
Matadien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese seated in the port city of Matadi, Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, established as an Apostolic Vicariate in 1930 and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Matadien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002182
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 665,000
- Population
- 1,750,000
- Catholic share
- 38.0%
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 3,866
- Extent
- 31,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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
- Andre Giraud Pindi Mwanza Mayala
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 Nuestra Señora Medianera de todas las Gracias stands in Matadi, 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 Kinshasa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KinshasaKinshasa
- Diocese of BomaBoma
- Diocese of IdiofaIdiofa
- Diocese of InongoInongo
- Diocese of KengeKenge
- Diocese of KikwitKikwit
- Diocese of KisantuKisantu
- Diocese of PopokabakaPopokabaka
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa includes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matadi (Latin: Matadien(sis)), seated in the city of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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].