Diocese of

Dungu–Doruma

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dungu–Doruma / Dunguen(sis)–Dorumaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bondo (←), Bangassou (↖), Tombura–Yambio (↑), Yei (→), Isiro–Niangara (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.02.24: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Doruma / Dorumæn(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Niangara)
1967.09.26: Promoted as Diocese of Doruma / Dorumæn(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kisangani)
1970.07.03: Renamed as Diocese of Doruma–Dungu / Dorumaën(sis)–Dunguen(sis) (Latin)
2023.11.08: Renamed as Diocese of Dungu–Doruma / Dunguen(sis)–Dorumaën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.08 – ...):

Bishop Emile Mushosho Matabaro (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dungu–Doruma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emile Mushosho Matabaro (59)
(2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop of Dungu–Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1967.03.05 (Bukavu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	2000.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.12.08

Priest of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2000.09.17 – 2022.10.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2021.07.12 – 2022.10.24)

Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2022.10.24 – 2023.11.08)

Bishop of Dungu–Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishops of Doruma–Dungu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emile Mushosho Matabaro (59)
(2022.10.24 – 2023.11.08)

(see above)

Fr. Emile Mushosho Matabaro (59) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.07.12 – 2022.10.24)

Bishop Richard Domba Mady
(1994.03.14 – 2021.07.03)

Fide et caritate

Born:	1953.01.10 (Aba, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1980.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.07.31
Died:	2021.07.03 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa † 68)

Priest of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.09.14 – 1994.03.14)

Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1994.03.14 – 2021.07.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Bondo (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.10.01 – 2008.03.18)

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a
(Apostolic Administrator 1990 – 1992)

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a
(1983.05.07 – 1989.09.25)

Born:	1936.12.09 (Nderi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.04.22
Died:	2016.08.10 († 79)

Coadjutor Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1978.11.15 – 1983.05.07)

Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1983.05.07 – 1989.09.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.04.01 – 1989.09.25)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.09.25 – 1994.03.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990 – 1992)

Bishop Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A.
(1970.07.03 – 1983.05.07)

Born:	1913.08.24 (Uden, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1940.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.01.25
Died:	2000.01.23 († 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.11.13 – 1967.09.26)

Bishop of Doruma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.26 – 1970.07.03)

Bishop of Doruma–Dungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.07.03 – 1983.05.07)

Bishops of Doruma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A.
(1967.09.26 – 1970.07.03)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Doruma (Roman Rite)

Fr. Wilhelm Theo van den Elzen, O.S.A. (later Bishop)
(1958.11.13 – 1967.09.26)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a (1978.11.15 – 1983.05.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saints Martyrs de l’Ouganda, Dungu, Haut-Uélé
Former Cathedral: Ancienne Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-Ferrier, Doruma, Haut-Uélé

Bondo (←), Bangassou (↖), Tombura–Yambio (↑), Yei (→), Isiro–Niangara (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 44,000 km²

Population: 401,201 Catholics (57.0% of 703,857 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (37 diocesan, 14 religious), 81 religious (49 brothers, 32 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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