The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu ( la, Basankusuen(sis)) is a Latin

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diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan

Mbandaka-Bikoro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro ( la, Mbandakan(us)–Bikoroën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Latin Rite Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro, in the western part of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is under the a ...

in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Basankusu Cathedral 2018

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul (Saints Peter and Paul) in the town of Basankusu.

History

* Established on July 28, 1926 as Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers * January 8, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu * Lost territory on 14 June 1951 to establish the then

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(now a diocese) * Promoted on November 10, 1959 as Diocese of Basankusu, ceasing to be exempt

Ordinaries

''(all Latin Rite, mostly -initially missionary- members of Latin congregations)'' ; ''Apostolic Prefects of Basankusu'' * Gerardo Wantenaar,

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(M.H.M.) (1927.02.02 – 1948.01.08 ''see below'') ; ''Apostolic Vicars'' of Basankusu * Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03) (''see above'' 1948.01.08 – 1951.12.03) * Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of

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(1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10 ''see below'') ; ''Bishops'' of Basankusu * Willem van Kester, M.H.M. (''see above'' 1959.11.10 – 1974.11.18) * Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1974.11.18 – 1998.06.27), appointed Bishop of Molegbe * Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (2001.11.09 - ...), ''previously Apostolic Administrator (1998 – 2001.11.09)'' while Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Democratic Republic of Congo) (1993.12.06 – 2001.11.09)

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