The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani ( la, Kisanganien(sis)) is the Metropolitan

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Kisangani Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville or Stanleystad) is the capital of Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the fifth most populous urban area in the country, with an estimated population of 1,312,000 in 2021, and the larg ...

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History

* August 3, 1904: Established as the

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of Stanley Falls from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville * March 10, 1908: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls * March 10, 1949: Renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley-ville * November 10, 1959: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanley-ville * May 30, 1966: Renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Kisangani.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisangani (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (since 28 November 2008) ** Archbishop

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(1 September 1988 – 6 December 2007); promoted to Metropolitan Archbishop of the

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and Primate of the DRC; named Cardinal in 2010 ** Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke (26 September 1967 - 1 September 1988) ** Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. (10 November 1959 - 26 September 1967); ''see below'' * Vicars Apostolic of Stanley-ville (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. (7 May 1958 – 10 November 1959); ''see above'' ** Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. (1 February 1934 – 1958) * Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. (12 March 1908 - 28 March 1933); ''see below'' * Prefect Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Roman rite), below ** Father Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. (3 August 1904 - 12 March 1908); ''see above''

Auxiliary bishops

* Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya (1979-1980), appointed Bishop of Mahagi-Nioka *

(1981-1988), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal

Suffragan dioceses

* Bondo *

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* Buta * Doruma–Dungu *

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* Isiro–Niangara * Mahagi–Nioka * Wamba

Sources

GCatholic.org
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