Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Mweka / Mvekaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Kananga
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop (2017.02.18 – ...): | Bishop Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. (66) |
Bishops of Mweka (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Oscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M. (66) Bishop of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Bishop Gérard Mulumba Kalemba
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Archbishop Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (83) | ||||||||||
Bishop Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I.
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Prefects Apostolic of Mweka (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Marcel Evariste van Rengen, C.I. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. (later Archbishop) |
Area: 21,700 km²
Population: 452,000 Catholics (41.1% of 1,100,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 32 missions
Personnel: 47 priests (35 diocesan, 12 religious), 31 religious (17 brothers, 14 sisters), 41 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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