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Suffragan diocese Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Matadi

Matadien(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Nuestra Señora Medianera de todas las Gracias, in Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Established
1959
Catholics
665,000
Priests
172
Territory
31,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Andre Giraud Pindi Mwanza Mayala

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The cathedral

Catedral 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.

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.