Diocese of Ouesso, Congo-Brazzaville

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ouesso / Uessitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Owando

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1983.06.06: Established as Diocese of Ouesso / Uessitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Owando and became suffragan of Brazzaville)
2000.10.30: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Likouala
2020.05.30: Became suffragan of Owando

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.01.06 – ...):	Archbishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp. (52) Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ouesso (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp. (52)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.01.06 – ...)

Bishop Gélase Armel Kema, C.S.Sp. (52) (later Archbishop)
(2021.12.08 – 2024.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville)
Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Prædica verbum in patientia

Born:	1972.10.26 (Ouesso, Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1999.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.02.13

Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) (2021.12.08 – 2024.01.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) (2023.08.20 – 2024.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) (2024.01.06 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) (2024.01.06 – ...)

Bishop Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. (80)
(2008.06.14 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop emeritus of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Gratis accepistis gratis date

Born:	1944.05.29 (Pont-l’Abbé, France)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.07

Apostolic Administrator of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) (2006.04.22 – 2008.06.14)

Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) (2008.06.14 – 2021.12.08)

Fr. Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp. (80) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.04.22 – 2008.06.14)

Bishop Hervé Itoua (82)
(1983.06.06 – 2006.04.22)

Bishop emeritus of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville)

Là où il est amoreux je serais là

Born:	1942 (Otambioko, Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1970.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.28

Bishop of Ouesso (Congo-Brazzaville) (1983.06.06 – 2006.04.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Claver, Ouesso, Sangha

Makokou (↙), Oyem (←), Sangmélima (↖), Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (↖), Yokadouma (↑), Impfondo (→), Owando (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 56,800 km²

Population: 25,600 Catholics (20.5% of 125,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 15 priests (13 diocesan, 2 religious), 23 religious (4 brothers, 19 sisters), 21 seminarians