Suffragan diocese Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Popokabaka
Popokabakaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.