Suffragan diocese Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Mbujimayi
Mbugimayen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering the diamond city of Mbuji-Mayi in Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, established as an Apostolic Administration on 22 November 1963 from the Archdiocese of Luluabourg and the Diocese of Kabinda, and elevated to diocese on 3 May 1966. Its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola, and it is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 2,500,000
- Priests
- 186
- Territory
- 15,285 km²
Parishes and churches
98 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale St JeanBonzola · CathedralView parish
- Aumônerie Militaire St SébastienTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Bienheureuse AnuariteTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Bienheureuse AnuariteMpianaView parish
- Paroisse Christ RessuscitéMpandaView parish
- Paroisse Christ-RoiKasansaView parish
- Paroisse de Bakwa HoyiBakwa HoyiView parish
- Paroisse de Buzangu LwabaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse de KeleTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse de la Transfiguration de Notre SeigneurTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse de l”INERATown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse InabanzaNgandajikaView parish
- Paroisse Kristo Dibwe Dya mu DitumbaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de FatimaBena KalongoView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de la PaixCikoluView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de LourdesTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du Lac MunkambaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint AchilleTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint FirminCikishaView parish
- Paroisse Saint JérômeTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint LazareKajibaView parish
- Paroisse Saint StanislasCibumbaView parish
- Paroisse Saint TharcisseBipembaView parish
- Paroisse Sainte AnneBulongamaView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Joséphine BakhitaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse SS Pierre et PaulCyacyacyaView parish
- Paroisse St AlbertKabimbaView parish
- Paroisse St AlbertNkongaView parish
- Paroisse St AlphonseMpoyiView parish
- Paroisse St AmandKabandaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga
- Born
- 25 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Kananga
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola stands in Mbujimayi, 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
In the Kasai Oriental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Latin Diocese of Mbujimayi (Latin: Mbugimayen(sis)) serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Kananga. Its episcopal see is the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola in the city of Mbuji-Mayi.