Diocese of

Bondo

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bondo / Bondoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1926.03.10: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bondo / Bondoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Occidentale)
1937.12.02: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bondo / Bondoën(sis) (Latin)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Bondo / Bondoën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Stanleyville)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.03.18 – ...):

Bishop Étienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi (65)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bondo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Étienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi (65)
(2008.03.18 – ...)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa)
Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

Le mystère de la foi

Born:	1959.04.06 (Nyalebbe, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1988.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.06.15

Priest of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.08.10 – 2008.03.18)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (2008.03.18 – ...)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2024.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Richard Domba Mady
(Apostolic Administrator 2005.10.01 – 2008.03.18)

Bishop Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M.
(1992.11.13 – 2005.07.27)

Regnat Christus Dominus

Born:	1938.02.21 (Bokoro, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1965.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.01.06
Died:	2024.11.06 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa † 86)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1991.04.15 – 1992.11.13)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1992.11.13 – 2005.07.27)

Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.07.27 – 2018.03.31)

Bishop Marcel Bam’ba Gongoa
(1980.01.28 – 1992.11.13)

Born:	1926 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1953.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04
Died:	1998.09.17 († 71)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.01.28 – 1992.11.13)

Bishop Emmanuel Marcel Mbikanye, O.P.
(1970.09.01 – 1978.09.20)

Born:	1916.09
Ordained Priest:	1944.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.03.07
Died:	1978.09.20 († 62)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.09.01 – 1978.09.20)

Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C.
(1959.11.10 – 1970.09.01)

Born:	1907.03.09 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1933.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.04.11
Died:	1971.09.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Belabitene (1955.01.01 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1955.01.01 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1970.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Nigræ maiores (1970.09.01 – 1971.09.23)

Vicars Apostolic of Bondo (Roman Rite)

Bishop André Creemers, O.S.C.
(1955.01.01 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C.
(1937.12.02 – 1955.01.01)

Born:	1886.12.07 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.03.19
Died:	1962.08.17 († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1930.01.09 – 1937.12.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1937.12.02 – 1955.01.01)

Titular Bishop of Thois (1937.12.02 – 1962.08.17)

Prefects Apostolic of Bondo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. (later Bishop)
(1930.01.09 – 1937.12.02)

(see above)

Fr. Matthieu Konings
(1926 – 1929)

Prefect Apostolic of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1926 – 1929)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. (1991.04.15 – 1992.11.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Croix, Bondo, Bas-Uélé

Molegbe (←), Bangassou (↑), Dungu–Doruma (→), Buta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 75,600 km²

Population: 320,000 Catholics (60.7% of 527,340 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 22 priests (20 diocesan, 2 religious), 31 religious (4 brothers, 27 sisters), 13 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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