Diocese of Ouesso
Uessitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ouesso, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese centered on the city of Ouesso in the Sangha region of the Republic of the Congo, erected on 6 June 1983. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owando and its seat is the Cathedral of Saint Peter Claver. Bishop Brice Armand Ibombo has led the diocese since 28 May 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 1983
- Latin
- Uessitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002494
The see in figures
- Population
- 2,004
- Priests
- 16
- Extent
- 55,795 km²
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
- Brice Armand Ibombo
- Born
- 23 November 1973
- Birthplace
- Abala
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
Cathedral of Saint Peter Claver stands in Ouesso, 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 ImpfondoImpfondo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Ouésso, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouesso (Latin: Dioecesis Uessitana) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Owando in the Republic of the Congo. Gélase Armel Kema is the current bishop.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché de Ouesso, B.P. 200, Brazzaville, Rép. du Congo
- Telephone
- 06.984.91.16
- [email protected]
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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].