Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bukavu

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu

Roman Catholic archdiocese in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu (Latin: Bukavuen(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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History

  • 26 December 1929: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo
  • 10 January 1952: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Costermansville
  • 6 January 1954: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bukavu
  • 10 November 1959: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu

Special churches

Cathédrale Notre Dame de la Paix

The seat of the archbishop is Cathédrale Notre Dame de la Paix in Bukavu.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Bukavu (Latin Rite), below
    • Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy since 26 April 2006
    • Archbishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. (13 March 2001 – 9 October 2005)
    • Archbishop Emmanuel Kataliko (3 March 1997 – 4 October 2000)
    • Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. (14 March 1995 – 29 October 1996)
    • Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru (18 December 1965 – 15 September 1993)
    • Archbishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr. (10 November 1959 – 24 May 1965); see below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Bukavu (Latin Rite), below
    • Bishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr. (8 March 1957 – 10 November 1959); see above
    • Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. (17 January 1952 – 8 March 1957)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kivu (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Richard Cleire, M. Afr. (14 December 1944 – 10 January 1952), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kasongo
    • Bishop Edoardo Luigi Antonio Leys, M. Afr. (6 January 1930 – August 1944)

Coadjutor vicar apostolic

  • Louis Van Steene, M. Afr. (1955-1957)

Auxiliary bishop

  • François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo (2004-2006)

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Sources

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