Diocese of Goma, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Goma / Gomaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bukavu

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.06.30: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Goma / Gomaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bukavu)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Goma / Gomaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bukavu)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.04.23 – ...):

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Goma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (59)
(2019.04.23 – ...)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1965.02.13 (Bujumbura, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1993.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.07.22

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2007.04.25 – 2019.04.23)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2019.04.23 – ...)

Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (83)
(2010.03.18 – 2019.04.23)

Bishop emeritus of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Pour que nous ayons la vie et que nous l’ayons en abondance

Born:	1941.02.27 (Bobandana, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1972.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.19

Bishop of Kasongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1995.11.02 – 2009.04.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2004.02.03 – 2007.04.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2009.04.21 – 2010.03.18)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.03.18 – 2019.04.23)

Bishop Faustin Ngabu (89)
(1974.09.07 – 2010.03.18)

Bishop emeritus of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa)

Je suis prêt

Born:	1935 (Lokwa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.27

Titular Bishop of Tigamibena (1974.04.25 – 1974.09.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.04.25 – 1974.09.07)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.09.07 – 2010.03.18)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (1985 – 1990)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1992 – 2000)

Bishop Joseph Mikararanga Busimba
(1960.03.01 – 1974.09.07)

Born:	1912
Ordained Priest:	1940.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Died:	1974.09.07 († 61)

Bishop of Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) (1960.03.01 – 1974.09.07)

Archbishop Louis van Steene, M. Afr.
(Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1960.03.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka (83) (2009.04.21 – 2010.03.18)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Faustin Ngabu (89) (1974.04.25 – 1974.09.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Goma, Nord-Kivu
Future Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Goma, Nord-Kivu

Kasongo (↙), Kindu (←), Butembo–Beni (↑), Kabale (↗), Ruhengeri (→), Nyundo (↘), Bukavu (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,000 km²

Population: 617,360 Catholics (38.8% of 1,592,780 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes

Personnel: 214 priests (136 diocesan, 78 religious), 435 religious (152 brothers, 283 sisters), 72 seminarians