Diocese of Manono, Congo-Kinshasa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Manono / Manonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

1971.04.24: Established as Diocese of Manono / Manonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Baudouinville, Diocese of Kilwa and Diocese of Kongolo and became suffragan of Lubumbashi)

Bishop (2005.03.18 – ...):

Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu (67)

Bishops of Manono (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu (67)
(2005.03.18 – ...)

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa)

Priest of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1985.08.31 – 2005.03.18)

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

Bishop Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004 – 2005.03.18)

Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa
(Apostolic Administrator 2001.12.21 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa (80)
(1989.09.25 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop emeritus of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

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

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2000.11.16 – 2022.01.11)

Bishop Gérard Ngoy Kabwe
(1972.05.06 – 1989.09.25)

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)

Area: 45,000 km²

Population: 224,538 Catholics (18.9% of 1,185,814 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (31 diocesan, 2 religious), 14 religious (2 brothers, 12 sisters), 19 seminarians