Suffragan diocese Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Matadi
Matadien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Saint Gérard (Kimpangu)KimpanguView parish
- Saint Gérard (Mvuzi)MvuziView parish
- Saint Honoré (Vanga)VangaView parish
- Saint Joseph (Kasi)KasiView parish
- Saint Joseph (Lukala)LukalaView parish
- Saint Joseph (Masangi)MasangiView parish
- Saint Joseph (Nzanza)NzanzaView parish
- Saint Joseph (Songololo)SongololoView parish
- Saint Jules (Camp Ebeya)Camp EbeyaView parish
- Saint Michel (Zimba)ZimbaView parish
- Saint Sacrement (Belvédère)BelvédèreView parish
- Sainte Bernadette (Soyo)SoyoView parish
- Sainte Famille - Matadi (2022)MatadiView parish
- Sainte Marie (Camp Redjaf)Camp RedjafView parish
- Sainte Marie (Kimpese)KimpeseView parish
- Sainte Marie (Loma)LomaView parish
- Sainte Marie (Ndeke)NdekeView parish
- Sainte Thérèse (Bandakani)BandakaniView parish
- Sainte Thérèse (Mbanza-Ngungu)Mbanza-NgunguView parish
- Sainte Trinité - TumbaTumbaView parish
- Saints Pierre et Paul (IME)IMEView parish
- Sous-poste Saint GabrielTown not recordedView parish
- St Antoine Marie-Claret/NseleNseleView parish
- St Jean l’Évangéliste (Tumba)TumbaView parish
- St Jean-Baptiste de la salleTown not recordedView parish
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.