Diocese of Boma, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Boma / Bomaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kinshasa

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.02.26: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Boma / Bomaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Boma / Bomaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Léopoldville)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.19 – ...):

Bishop José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Boma (Roman Rite)

Bishop José-Claude Mbimbi Mbamba (62)
(2021.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Credidimus caritati

Born:	1962.07.30 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1988.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.06.27

Priest of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.08.28 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2021.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. (81)
(2001.03.13 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop emeritus of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Mary nous aide

Born:	1943.11.13 (Kizu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1972.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.10.19

Titular Bishop of Simidicca (1997.04.21 – 2001.03.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.04.21 – 2001.03.13)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.03.13 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika
(1975.11.22 – 2001.03.13)

Ut omnes pastores

Born:	1932.03.10 (Phuka Kumbi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1959.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.17
Died:	2019.03.12 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa † 87)

Titular Bishop of Zica (1975.01.30 – 1975.11.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1975.01.30 – 1975.11.22)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1975.11.22 – 2001.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Belesasa (2001.03.13 – 2019.03.12)

Bishop Raymond Ndudi Nianga
(1967.02.09 – 1975.11.22)

Born:	1912 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1940.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.23
Died:	1989.01.25 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Matara in Proconsulari (1962.07.02 – 1967.02.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.07.02 – 1967.02.09)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.02.09 – 1975.11.22)

Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M.
(1959.11.10 – 1967.02.09)

Born:	1908.09.03 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1934.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.04.11
Died:	1997.07.03 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Ingila (1950.12.23 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1950.12.23 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.02.09)

Titular Bishop of Manaccenser (1967.02.09 – 1976.09.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Boma (Roman Rite)

Bishop André Jacques, C.I.C.M.
(1950.12.23 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Vanderhoven, C.I.C.M.
(1934.02.26 – 1949.12.04)

Born:	1888.11.05 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1913.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.05.01
Died:	1949.12.04 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Sinna (1934.02.26 – 1949.12.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Boma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1934.02.26 – 1949.12.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika (1975.01.30 – 1975.11.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Cyprien Mbuka Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. (81) (1997.04.21 – 2001.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raymond Ndudi Nianga (1962.07.02 – 1967.02.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption, Boma, Kongo Central
Former Cathedral: Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, Boma, Kongo Central

Cabinda (←), Dolisie (↑), Nkayi (↗), Kinkala (↗), Matadi (→), Mbanza Congo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,350 km²

Population: 926,345 Catholics (66.8% of 1,386,710 total)

Pastoral Centres: 49 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 225 priests (219 diocesan, 6 religious), 257 religious (51 brothers, 206 sisters), 72 seminarians