Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

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Diocese of Kenge

Dioecesis Kengensis
Location
CountryFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan Kinshasa
Statistics
Area34,385 km2 (13,276 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
768,996
380,863 (49.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi
Bishops emeritus Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D.

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 episcopal see is located 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
Suffragan Bishops of Kenge

Coadjutor bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also


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