Diocese of Popokabaka

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Popokabaka (Latin: Romano-Catholicae Dioecesis Popokabaka, French: Diocèse catholique romain de Popokabaka) is a diocese located in the city of Popokabaka in the ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

• 24 June 1961: Established as Diocese of Popokabaka from the Diocese of Kisantu

Bishops

Bishops of Popokabaka

• Pierre Bouckaert, S.J. (24 June 1961 – 1 December 1979)
• André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo (1 December 1979 – 24 September 1993)
• Louis Nzala Kianza (22 April 1996 – 29 June 2020)
• Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama (installed 23 August 2020 -)

Coadjutor bishop

• André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo (1978-1979)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Charles Ndaka Salabisala, appointed auxiliary bishop of Kinshasa in 2020

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy