Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbujimayi

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Diocese of Mbujimayi

Dioecesis Mbugimayensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan Kananga
Statistics
Area15,285 km2 (5,902 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
4,000,000
2,500,000 (62.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
CathedralSaint Jean Baptiste de Bonzola
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Bernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbujimayi (Latin : Mbugimayen(sis)) is a Latin diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai Oriental province. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola in the city of Mbuji-Mayi.

History

Bishops

(all Latin Rite)

Ordinaries

Apostolic administrator
Suffragan Bishops of Mbujimayi

Auxiliary bishop

See also

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