Diocese of

Idiofa

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Idiofa / Idiofaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kinshasa

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1937.04.13: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu / Ipamuen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur and Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango)
1939.04.25: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur and Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango
1948.02.12: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ipamu / Ipamuen(sis) (Latin)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Ipamu / Ipamuen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Léopoldville)
1960.06.20: Renamed as Diocese of Idiofa / Idiofaën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.05.26 – ...):

Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (65)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

Ordinaries

Bishops of Idiofa (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (65)
(2009.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)
Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

Faites tout ce qu’il vous dira

Born:	1958.07.18 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.08.15

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2009.05.26 – ...)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2020.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Louis Nzala Kianza
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.05.31 – 2009.05.26)

Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (92)
(1997.05.20 – 2006.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Christus regnat

Born:	1931.02.11 (Ipamu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1962.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.11.25

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (1984.06.04 – 1988.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.06.04 – 1988.09.01)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.09.01 – 1997.05.20)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.05.20 – 2006.05.31)

Bishop Eugène Biletsi Onim
(1970.05.21 – 1994.11.04)

Born:	1934.08.08 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.09.13
Died:	1997.12.01 († 63)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.05.21 – 1994.11.04)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1960.06.20 – 1970.05.21)

Born:	1920.03.05
Ordained Priest:	1945.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.11
Died:	1993.03.21 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1960.06.20)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1960.06.20 – 1970.05.21)

Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird (1970.05.21 – 1976.07.23)

Bishops of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1959.11.10 – 1960.06.20)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I.
(1948.02.12 – 1957)

Born:	1888.10.20 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1913.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.17
Died:	1963.03.03 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.02.12 – 1957)

Titular Bishop of Tigava (1948.02.12 – 1963.03.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I. (later Bishop)
(1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Kizito, Idiofa, Bandundu

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 40,000 km²

Population: 2,015,683 Catholics (51.5% of 3,911,367 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 49 missions

Personnel: 152 priests (127 diocesan, 25 religious), 141 religious (46 brothers, 95 sisters), 85 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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