Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Basankusu / Basankusuen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: MbandakaâBikoro
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Liturgical Calendar (National) đ
Bishop (2023.11.11 â ...): | Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope (59) |
Bishops of Basankusu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Libère Pwongo Bope (59) Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (74) Bishop emeritus of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (74) | ||||||||||
Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M.
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Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Basankusu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M.
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Prefects Apostolic of Basankusu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M. (see above) |
Area: 77,000 km²
Population: 207,210 Catholics (20.1% of 1,031,930 total)
Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 43 priests (42 diocesan, 1 religious), 77 religious (7 brothers, 70 sisters), 42 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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