Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe
Diocese of Molegbe Dioecesis Molegbensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Metropolitan | Mbandaka-Bikoro |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 79,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1997) 3,761,732 1,879,566 (50.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Dominique Bulamatari |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe (Latin: Molegben(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (St. Anthony of Padua) in the city of Molegbe.
History
- Established on April 7, 1911 as Apostolic Prefecture of Belgian Ubanghi, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
- January 28, 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Ubanghi, since entitled to a titular bishop
- Promoted on November 10, 1959 as Diocese of Molegbe, ceasing to be exempt.
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite, mostly missionary members of Latin congregations)
- Apostolic Prefects of Belgian Ubanghi
- Fr. Fulgenzio da Gerard-Montes, Capuchin Friars (O.F.M. Cap.) (1911 – 1930?)
- Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. (1931.10.16 – 1935.01.28 see below)
- Apostolic Vicars of Belgian Ubanghi
- Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, O.F.M. Cap. (see above 1935.01.28 – 1947.12.16), Titular Bishop of Tigava (1935.01.28 – 1947.12.16)
- Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. (1948.06.10 – 1958.11.13), Titular Bishop of Bargylia
- Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. (1958.11.13 – 1959.11.10 see below), Titular Bishop of Fessei (1958.11.13 – 1959.11.10)
- Bishops of Molegbe
- Léon Théobald Delaere, (O.F.M. Cap.) (see above 1959.11.10 – 1967.08.03), later Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (1967.08.03 – 1976.09.14)
- Apostolic Administrator Louis Nganga a Ndzando(1967 – 1968.09.05), Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.11.25 – 1997.07.06)
- Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu (1968.09.05 – 1997.10.18)
- Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1998.06.27 – 2007.05.23)
- Dominique Bulamatari (2009.11.24 - )
See also
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