Diocese of Gamboma
Gambomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gamboma, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese centered on the town of Gamboma in the Republic of the Congo, erected on 22 February 2013. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville and its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Pie-X.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 February 2013
- Latin
- Gambomen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001462
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Population
- 193,000
- Catholic share
- 57.0%
- Extent
- 38,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
- Urbain Ngassongo
- Born
- 15 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Kinshasa
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-Pie-X stands in Gamboma, 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 Brazzaville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Brazzaville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BrazzavilleBrazzaville
- Diocese of KinkalaKinkala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Gamboma, a town in the Republic of the Congo, hosts a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Gambomensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville.
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].