Diocese of Bikoro, Congo-Kinshasa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bikoro / Bikorœn(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

1931.01.03: Established as Mission sui juris of Bikoro / Bikorœn(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville and Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville)
1940.06.25: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Bikoro / Bikorœn(sis) (Latin)
1957.06.28: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bikoro / Bikorœn(sis) (Latin)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Bikoro / Bikorœn(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Coquilhatville)
1975.04.12: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka–Bikoro and Diocese of Inongo)

Bishops of Bikoro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M.
(1959.11.10 – 1975.02.27)

Prefect Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1946.06.21 – 1957.06.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1957.06.28 – 1959.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1957.12.24 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1975.02.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Bikoro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M.
(1957.06.28 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Bikoro (Roman Rite)

Fr. Camille Vandekerckhove, C.M. (later Bishop)
(1946.06.21 – 1957.06.28)

(see above)

Fr. Andrea Windels, C.M.
(1940.06.25 – 1946)

Died:

1946

Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1939 – 1940.06.25)

Prefect Apostolic of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1940.06.25 – 1946)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Bikoro (Roman Rite)

Fr. Andrea Windels, C.M.
(1939 – 1940.06.25)

(see above)

Fr. Felice de Kempeneer, C.M.
(1933 – 1938)

Died:

1938

Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1933 – 1938)

Fr. Leone Sieben, C.M.
(1931.06.27 – 1932)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (1931.06.27 – 1932)

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