Diocese of Impfondo
Impfonden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Impfondo, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese centered on the town of Impfondo in the Likouala region of the Republic of the Congo, erected on 30 October 2000. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owando and its seat is the Cathedrale Notre-Dame. Bishop Daniel Nzika has led the diocese since 12 December 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 2011
- Latin
- Impfonden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001658
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 78,300
- Population
- 274,000
- Catholic share
- 28.6%
- Extent
- 66,044 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
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
- Daniel Nzika
- Born
- 16 February 1971
- Birthplace
- Ouesso
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 Notre-Dame stands in Impfondo, 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 Owando
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Owando.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OwandoOwando
- Diocese of OuessoOuesso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Owando in the Republic of the Congo, the town of Impfondo is the seat of a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Impfondensis).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, B.P. 30, Impfondo, Rép. du Congo
- Telephone
- 06.984.94.76
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].