Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbujimayi

Diocese of Mbujimayi
Dioecesis Mbugimayensis
Location
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan Kananga
Statistics
Area 15,285 km2 (5,902 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
4,000,000
2,500,000 (62.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
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 the Metropolitan of Kananga.

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

History

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic administrator
Suffragan Bishops of Mbujimayi

See also

Sources and External links

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