Diocese of Kenge

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge () is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kinshasa.

Its cathedral and episcopal see is the Cathedral of Blessed Anwarite () in the city of Kenge, Bas-Congo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kongo Central province.

History

• Established on 5 July 1957 as Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge (exempt missionary jurisdiction), on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit and the Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu
• Promoted on 6 July 1963 as Diocese of Kenge

Bishops

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; to March 31, 2018 all but one were Latin members of the Missionaries of the Divine Word, S.V.D.)

• Fr. Jean Van der Heyden, S.V.D. (1957 – 1963)

• François Hoenen, S.V.D. (6 July 1963 - 25 April 1974)
• Dieudonné M'Sanda Tsinda-Hata (25 April 1974 - 1 June 1999)
• Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1 June 1999 - 31 March 2018)), succeeding as former coadjutor bishop of Kenge (1997.12.13 – 1999.06.01)
• Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi (31 March 2018 - ...), succeeding as former auxiliary bishop of Kinshasa (2015.03.31 - 2018.03.31)

Coadjutor bishop

• Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D. (1997–1999)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama, appointed bishop of Popokabaka in 2020

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy