Diocese of

Bunia

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bunia / Buniaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1922.06.27: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Albert (français) / Lake Albert (English) / Lacus Alberti in Africa Centrali (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls and Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda)
1933.12.16: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lac Albert (français) / Lake Albert (English) / Lacus Alberti in Africa Centrali (Latin)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Bunia / Buniaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Stanleyville)
1962.07.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mahagi

Contact Info

Address: Evêqué, B.P. 19, Bunia, Haut-Congo, Congo-Kinshasa

Phone: (099)401.01.12

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.04.01 – ...):

Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bunia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (67)
(2005.04.01 – ...)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa)

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Born:	1957.10.28 (Bunia, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1984.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.24

Priest of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.09.25 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.04.01 – ...)

Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2002 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop Léonard Dhejju
(1984.07.02 – 2002.04.06)

Born:	1931.03.14 (Dele, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.07.19
Died:	2019.06.04 (Bunia, Congo-Kinshasa † 88)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (1981.03.26 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.07.02 – 2002.04.06)

Bishop Gabriel Ukec
(1964.09.29 – 1984.07.02)

Born:	1914 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1943.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.06
Died:	1985.11.01 († 70)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.09.29 – 1984.07.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.10.10 – 1980.09)

Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr.
(1959.11.10 – 1963.08.19)

Born:	1890.11.27 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1915.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.02.25
Died:	1963.08.19 († 72)

Prefect Apostolic of Lac Albert (Congo-Kinshasa) (1922.06.21 – 1933.12.16)

Titular Bishop of Berenice (1933.12.16 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Lac Albert (Congo-Kinshasa) (1933.12.16 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1963.08.19)

Vicars Apostolic of Lac Albert (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr.
(1933.12.16 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Lac Albert (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1922.06.21 – 1933.12.16)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Grâces, Bunia, Ituri

Wamba (←), Mahagi–Nioka (↗), Butembo–Beni (↓), Fort Portal (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,470 km²

Population: 648,915 Catholics (54.0% of 1,202,684 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 100 priests (87 diocesan, 13 religious), 240 religious (35 brothers, 205 sisters), 108 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.17

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