Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani

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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.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 Suffragan Dioceses 5 See also 6 Source

[edit] History

• 1904.08.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
• 1908.03.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls
• 1949.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley-ville
• 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanley-ville
• 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani

[edit] Special Churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Kisangani.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Suffragan Dioceses

• Bondo
• Bunia
• Buta
• Doruma–Dungu
• Isangi
• Isiro–Niangara
• Mahagi–Nioka
• Wamba

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information