en Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge

Diocese of Kenge

*Dioecesis Kengensis*
Diocese of Kenge; Dioecesis Kengensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Kinshasa
Statistics
Area	34,385 km2 (13,276 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 768,996; 380,863 (49.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Blessed Anwarite
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.

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

Established pn 5 July 1957 as Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge (exempt missionary jurisdiction), on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit and the Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu
Promoted on 6 July 1963 as Diocese of Kenge

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

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)

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