Diocese of Dolisie, Congo-Brazzaville

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dolisie / Dolisien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pointe-Noire

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

2013.05.24: Established as Diocese of Dolisie / Dolisien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nkayi and became suffragan of Brazzaville)
2020.05.30: Became suffragan of Pointe-Noire

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.05.11 – ...):

Bishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dolisie (Roman Rite)

Bishop Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp. (49)
(2022.05.11 – ...)

Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1975.11.01 (Sibiti, Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	2008.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.07.31

Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville) (2022.05.11 – ...)

Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.18 – 2022.05.11)

Bishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou (60) (later Archbishop)
(2013.05.24 – 2020.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)
President of Episcopal Conference of Congo

Confirma fratres tuos

Born:	1964.10.16 (Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1993.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.08.25

Priest of Kinkala (Congo-Brazzaville) (1993.08.29 – 2013.05.24)

Bishop of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville) (2013.05.24 – 2020.04.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (2020.04.18 – 2021.11.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Dolisie (Congo-Brazzaville) (2020.04.18 – 2022.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (2021.11.21 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Congo (2022.05.01 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Paul, Dolisie, Niari

Pointe-Noire (↙), Mouila (↖), Franceville (↑), Nkayi (→), Boma (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,942 km²

Population: 103,700 Catholics (34.6% of 300,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (diocesan), 24 religious (18 brothers, 6 sisters), 31 seminarians

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