Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro
Mbandakan(us)-Bikoroën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mbandaka-Bikoro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected in 1924 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa, promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Coquilhatville in 1959, renamed Mbandaka in 1966, and renamed Mbandaka-Bikoro in 1975 after absorbing the suppressed Diocese of Bikoro. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Eugene in Mbandaka. Suffragans: Basankusu, Bokungu-Ikela, Budjala, Lisala, Lolo, and Molegbe.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 April 1975
- Latin
- Mbandakan(us)-Bikoroën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002198
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 646,000
- Priests
- 113
- Catholics per priest
- 5,717
- Extent
- 95,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.8
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
- Archbishop
- Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M.
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
Cathedral of St. Eugene stands in Mbandaka-Bikoro, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BasankusuBasankusu
- Diocese of Bokungu-IkelaBokungu
- Diocese of BudjalaBudjala
- Diocese of LisalaLisala
- Diocese of LoloLolo
- Diocese of MolegbeMolegbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Mbandaka-Bikoro (Latin: Mbandakan(us)-Bikoroën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See of the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of the same name in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The archiepiscopal cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Eugene in Mbandaka, Équateur Province, and the archdiocese stands under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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].