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Suffragan diocese Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Popokabaka

Popokabakaën(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected on 24 June 1961 from the Diocese of Kisantu. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

On the map

Esri
Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1961
Catholics
495,446
Priests
106
Territory
45,000 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
Born
29 June 1959
Birthplace
Misay

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Sainte-Famille stands in Popokabaka, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Popokabaka, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Popokabaka; French: Diocèse catholique romain de Popokabaka) within the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa.