Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi

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Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi was King of Kongo from 1545-1561. King Diogo was the grandson of king Afonso I of Kongo and won the throne after overthrowing his uncle Pedro Nkanga a Mvemba and forcing him to take refuge in a church in São Salvador. Diogo's early struggles are documented in a legal inquest he conducted in 1550 into a plot against him launched by the former king.

Diogo was anxious to extend the Catholic faith in Kongo, work already started by Afonso I during his reign and due to Portuguese influence. Though Afonso had created a model for the Catholic Church in Kongo Diogo hoped to extend it throughout the rural areas and also into neighboring countries.

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