Diocese of

Kindu

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 82,883 km²

Population: 401,200 Catholics (32.9% of 1,219,450 total) (2020)

Statistics: 19 parishes, 2 missions, 44 priests (36 diocesan, 8 religious), 67 lay religious (13 brothers, 54 sisters), 42 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bukavu

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

History

1956.04.23: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu / Kinduen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville and Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Kindu / Kinduen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Esprit, Kindu, Maniema

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.18 – ...):

Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa (48)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kindu (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa (48)
(2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1974.02.09 (Kindu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	2002.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.06

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (57)
(2007.04.25 – 2019.04.23)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1965.02.13 (Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1993.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.07.22

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2007.04.25 – 2019.04.23)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2019.04.23 – ...)

Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.02.03 – 2007.04.25)

Bishop Paul Mambe Mukanga
(1979.03.15 – 2004.01.26)

Born:	1929.04.13 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.24
Died:	2004.01.26 († 74)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.03.15 – 2004.01.26)

Bishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp.
(1966.05.17 – 1978.01.17)

Born:	1931.07.06 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.12.11
Died:	2016.01.11 († 84)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.17 – 1978.01.17)

Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp.
(1959.11.10 – 1965.07.02)

Born:	1910.07.05 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.07.07
Died:	1965.07.02 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1965.07.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Kindu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp.
(1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

as of 2022.05.10

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