Diocese of Boma

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Boma () is a diocese located in the city of Boma in the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

• 26 February 1934: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Boma from the Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua and Central Katanga and Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
• 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Boma

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Bishops of Boma (Roman rite), below
• Bishop José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba (since 19 March 2021)
• Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. (13 March 2001 – 19 March 2021)
• Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (22 November 1975 – 21 May 2001), appointed Titular Bishop of Belesasa
• Bishop Raymond Ndudi (9 February 1967 – 22 November 1975)
• Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. (10 November 1959 – 9 February 1967); see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Boma (Roman rite), below
• Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M. (23 December 1950 – 10 November 1959); see above
• Bishop Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M. (26 February 1934 – 4 December 1949)

Coadjutor bishop

• Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (1975)

Auxiliary bishops

• Raymond (Nianga-Nzita) Ndudi (1962-1967), appointed Bishop here
• Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. (1997-2001), appointed Bishop here

Appointed bishops elsewhere

• Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M. , appointed Bishop of Budjala since 22 October 2009, (was Coadjutor Bishop there from 26 March 2007).

Cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Boma

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Notes

Sources

• GCatholic
• Catholic Hierarchy