The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kisantu ( la, Kisantuen(sis)) is a

diocese In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of Kisantu in the

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of Kinshasa in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

History

* 1 April 1931: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu from the Apostolic Vicariate of Koango * 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kisantu

Territorial Changes

*28 January 1935: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango *24 May 1950: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville *5 July 1957: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge *24 June 1961: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Popokabaka

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Vicar Apostolic of Kisantu (

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) ** Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. (23 June 1931 – 10 November 1959 ); ''see below'' *

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s of Kisantu (Latin Rite) **Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. (10 November 1959 – 27 October 1960 ); ''see above'' **Pierre Kimbondo (24 June 1961 – 27 April 1973 ), Archbishop (personal title) in 1971 **Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu (27 April 1973 – 31 March 1993 ) **Fidèle Nsielele Zi Mputu (10 June 1994 - 21 November 2020) ** Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda (11 June 2022 – present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu (1971-1973)

Auxiliary bishop

* Pierre Kimbondo (1956-1961), appointed Bishop here

Sources

GCatholic.org

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