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 Ste ThérèseKanaanaView parish
- Paroisse Universitaire Notre Dame de l’EspéranceIspView parish
- Paroisse Verbe DivinTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Yezu MupandishiTown not recordedView parish
- Quasi Paroisse St VictorTown not recordedView parish
- Quasi-Paroisse St ChristopheTown not recordedView parish
- Quasi-Paroisse Ste URSULA,Town not recordedView parish
- Quasi–Paroisse de CyondoTown 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
- 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.