Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge (Latin: Kengen(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

Diocese of Kenge

Dioecesis Kengensis
Location
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanKinshasa
Statistics
Area34,385 km2 (13,276 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
768,996
380,863 (49.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of Blessed Anwarite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi
Bishops emeritusGaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D.

Its cathedral and episcopal see is the Cathedral of Blessed Anwarite (French: Cathédrale Bienheureuse Anwarite) in the city of Kenge, Bas-Congo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kongo Central province.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; to March 31, 2018 all but one were Latin members of the Missionaries of the Divine Word, S.V.D.)

Apostolic Prefect of Kenge
  • Fr. Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D. (1957 – 1963)
Suffragan Bishops of Kenge
  • François Hoenen, S.V.D. (6 July 1963 - 25 April 1974)
  • Dieudonné M'Sanda Tsinda-Hata (25 April 1974 - 1 June 1999)
  • Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1 June 1999 - 31 March 2018)), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge (1997.12.13 – 1999.06.01)
  • Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi (31 March 2018 - ...), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (2015.03.31 - 2018.03.31)

Coadjutor bishop

  • Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1997–1999)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama, appointed Bishop of Popokabaka in 2020

See also

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