Diocese of Molegbe
Molegben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Molegbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in the Nord-Ubangi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established on 7 April 1911 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Belgian Ubanghi and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. Its cathedral is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro. Bishop Joseph Mopepe Ngongo was appointed 15 April 2025 and ordained and installed on 6 July 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Molegben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002263
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 944,440
- Population
- 3,761,732
- Catholic share
- 25.1%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 11,379
- Extent
- 79,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Joseph Mopepe Ngongo
- Born
- 15 July 1966
- Birthplace
- Gemena
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
Cathedrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue stands in Molegbe, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mbandaka-BikoroMbandaka-Bikoro
- Diocese of BasankusuBasankusu
- Diocese of Bokungu-IkelaBokungu
- Diocese of BudjalaBudjala
- Diocese of LisalaLisala
- Diocese of LoloLolo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Molegbe (Latin: Molegben(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bishop's seat is the Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (St. Anthony of Padua) in the city of Molegbe.
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].