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Diocese of

Basankusu

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 77,000 km²

Population: 200,400 Catholics (20.1% of 998,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 20 parishes, 6 missions, 41 priests (40 diocesan, 1 religious), 70 lay religious (5 brothers, 65 sisters), 46 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mbandaka–Bikoro

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.11.09 – ...):Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Basankusu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)Permalink
(2001.11.09 – ...)

Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Sapientia et fortitude eius

Born:1949.08.15 (Djombo, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1978.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:1994.03.20

Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa) (1993.12.06 – 2001.11.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1998 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.11.09 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)Bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (72)Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 1998 – 2001.11.09)

Bishop Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, C.I.C.M.Permalink
(1974.11.18 – 1998.06.27)

Born:1932.04.12 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1964.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:1975.04.13
Died:2011.09.09 († 79)

Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.11.18 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1998.06.27 – 2007.05.23)

Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M.Permalink
(1959.11.10 – 1974.11.18)

Stella duce

Born:1906.02.01 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.11
Died:1989.04.07 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Legia (1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1974.11.18)

Vicars Apostolic of Basankusu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Willem van Kester, M.H.M.Permalink
(1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M.Permalink
(1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03)

Born:1886.03.19 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1909.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1948.04.14
Died:1951.12.03 († 65)

Prefect Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1927.02.02 – 1948.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Basankusu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Basankusu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M.Permalink
(1927.02.02 – 1948.07.08)

(see above)

as of 2022.08.06

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