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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kinkala ( la, Dioecesis Kinkalana) is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Kinkala Kinkala is a town located in southeastern Republic of the Congo. It is the capital city of Kinkala District and the Pool Region Pool ( kg, Mpumbu, Nsundi, Mbula Ntangu) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the southeastern part ...
in the
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of
Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...
in the
Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
.


History

On October 3, 1987, the diocese was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville.


Bishops


Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga (March 5, 2020 – present) * Bishop
Louis Portella Mbuyu Louis Portella Mbuyu (born 28 July 1942) is the Catholic Bishop emeritus of Kinkala, in Republic of Congo. Louis Portella Mbuyu was born on 28 July 1942 at Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire diocese, in the Kouilou Department. He was ordained in 196 ...
(October 16, 2001 – March 5, 2020) * Bishop
Anatole Milandou Anatole Milandou (born 18 March 1946) is the current archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. Biography Anatole Milandou was born on 18 March 1946 in Nsamouna, Republic of the Congo. He was ordaine ...
(October 3, 1987 – January 23, 2001), appointed Archbishop of Brazzaville


Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, appointed Bishop of Dolisie in 2013


See also

*
List of Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo {{short description, None The Roman Catholic Church in the Republic of the Congo consists of 3 ecclesiastical province comprising 6 suffragan dioceses. List of dioceses Episcopal Conference of the Republic of the Congo Ecclesiastical Province of ...
*
Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo The Catholic Church in the Republic of Congo is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are over two million Catholics in the country, comprising just under half of the country's total popu ...


References


External links


GCatholic.org


Kinkala Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo Christian organizations established in 1987 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Brazzaville Roman Catholic bishops of Kinkala {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub