Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kenge

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

Roman Catholic diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge (Latin: Kengen(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

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Its cathedral and episcopal see is the Cathedral of Blessed Anwarite (French: Cathédrale Bienheureuse Anwarite) in the city of Kenge, Bas-Congo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kongo Central province.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; to March 31, 2018 all but one were Latin members of the Missionaries of the Divine Word, S.V.D.)

Apostolic Prefect of Kenge
  • Fr. Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D. (1957 – 1963)
Suffragan Bishops of Kenge
  • François Hoenen, S.V.D. (6 July 1963 - 25 April 1974)
  • Dieudonné M'Sanda Tsinda-Hata (25 April 1974 - 1 June 1999)
  • Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1 June 1999 - 31 March 2018)), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Kenge (1997.12.13 – 1999.06.01)
  • Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi (31 March 2018 - ...), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (2015.03.31 - 2018.03.31)

Coadjutor bishop

  • Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1997–1999)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama, appointed Bishop of Popokabaka in 2020

See also

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