Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani {Latin: "Kisanganien(sis)"} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
History
* August 3, 1904: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture 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
pecial Churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Kisangani.
Leadership
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisangani (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (since 1988.09.01)
** Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke (1967.09.26 – 1988.09.01)
** Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. (1959.11.10 – 1967.09.26)
* Vicars Apostolic of Stanley-ville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. (1958.05.07 – 1959.11.10)
** Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. (1934.02.01 – 1958)
* Vicars Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Roman rite)
** Bishop Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. (1904.08.03 – 1933.03.28)
uffragan Dioceses
* Bondo
* Bunia
* Buta
* Doruma–Dungu
* Isangi
* Isiro–Niangara
* Mahagi–Nioka
* Wamba
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kisa0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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