Diocese of Popokabaka
Popokabakaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 June 1961
- Latin
- Popokabakaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002629
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 495,446
- Population
- 792,000
- Catholic share
- 62.6%
- Priests
- 106
- Catholics per priest
- 4,674
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama
- Born
- 29 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Misay
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
Cathédrale Sainte-Famille stands in Popokabaka, 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 Kinshasa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kinshasa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KinshasaKinshasa
- Diocese of BomaBoma
- Diocese of IdiofaIdiofa
- Diocese of InongoInongo
- Diocese of KengeKenge
- Diocese of KikwitKikwit
- Diocese of KisantuKisantu
- Diocese of MatadiMatadi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].