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 St MarcelBipembaView parish
- Paroisse St MartinMatadiView parish
- Paroisse St MatthieuKabangaView parish
- Paroisse St MichelKatandaView parish
- Paroisse St MukasaDipumbaView parish
- Paroisse St Padre PioTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse St PaulCimunaView parish
- Paroisse St PaulBoyaView parish
- Paroisse St PhilippeKasavubuView parish
- Paroisse St Pie VTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse St Pie XNyikinyikiView parish
- Paroisse St PierreMulumbaView parish
- Paroisse St PolycarpeKatendeView parish
- Paroisse St RaphaelBakwa SumbaView parish
- Paroisse ST RemyNgandu Mwena MalengaView parish
- Paroisse St RenéCitengeView parish
- Paroisse St RobertKanseleView parish
- Paroisse St SylvainMbao LubijiView parish
- Paroisse St ThomasKanyikiView parish
- Paroisse St ThomasMandeView parish
- Paroisse St Vincent de PaulNkwadiView parish
- Paroisse Ste AgatheDibulaView parish
- Paroisse Ste BernadetteNkolongoView parish
- Paroisse Ste CathérineCyalaView parish
- Paroisse Ste ClaireDinsangaView parish
- Paroisse Ste MarieLukalabaView parish
- Paroisse Ste MarieCibilaView parish
- Paroisse Ste MarieKatombeView parish
- Paroisse Ste MarieVille MibaView parish
- Paroisse Ste MoniqueMuzembaView 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.