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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

Coordinates: 4°48′21″S 17°02′16″E / 4.805841°S 17.037702°E / -4.805841; 17.037702
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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.

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

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

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Bishops

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Ordinaries

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(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
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

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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See also

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4°48′21″S 17°02′16″E / 4.805841°S 17.037702°E / -4.805841; 17.037702