Diocese of

Manono

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 45,000 km²

Population: 201,505 Catholics (17.9% of 1,123,042 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Statistics: 16 parishes, 33 priests (32 diocesan, 1 religious), 5 lay religious (1 brother, 4 sisters), 15 seminarians (2015)

History

1971.05.31: Established as Diocese of Manono / Manonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Baudouinville, Diocese of Kilwa and Diocese of Kongolo)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Barbe, Manono, Katanga

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.03.18 – ...):

Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Manono (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu (62)
(2005.03.18 – ...)

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1956.01.24 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.18

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.03.18 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004 – 2005.03.18)

Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2001.12.21 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa (75)
(1989.09.25 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1943.03.24 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.26

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.09.25 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2000.11.16 – ...)

Bishop Gérard Ngoy Kabwe
(1972.05.06 – 1989.09.25)

Born:	1918.04.14 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1948.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.24
Died:	2004.05.30 († 86)

Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971 – 1972.05.06)

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.05.06 – 1989.09.25)

Fr. Gérard Ngoy Kabwe (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1971 – 1972.05.06)

as of 2018.12.31

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