Diocese of

Idiofa

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Idiofa / Idiofaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kinshasa

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.05.26 – ...):Bishop JosĂ© Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (66)Bishop JosĂ© Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (66)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Ordinaries

Bishops of Idiofa (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (66)Bishop José Moko Ekanga, P.S.S. (66)
(2009.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)
President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Faites tout ce qu’il vous dira

Born:1958.07.18 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1986.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:2009.08.15

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2009.05.26 – ...)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2020.10.15 – 2024.07.01)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2023.05.30 – ...)

Bishop Louis Nzala Kianza
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.05.31 – 2009.05.26)

Bishop Louis MbwĂŽl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (94)Bishop Louis MbwĂŽl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (94)
(1997.05.20 – 2006.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa)

Christus regnat

Born:1931.02.11 (Ipamu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1962.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:1984.11.25

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (1984.06.04 – 1988.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.06.04 – 1988.09.01)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.09.01 – 1997.05.20)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.05.20 – 2006.05.31)

Bishop EugĂšne Biletsi Onim
(1970.05.21 – 1994.11.04)

Born:1934.08.08 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1959.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1970.09.13
Died:1997.12.01 († 63)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.05.21 – 1994.11.04)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1960.06.20 – 1970.05.21)

Born:1920.03.05
Ordained Priest:1945.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1958.05.11
Died:1993.03.21 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Calama (1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1960.06.20)

Bishop of Idiofa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1960.06.20 – 1970.05.21)

Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird (1970.05.21 – 1976.07.23)

Bishops of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1959.11.10 – 1960.06.20)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Toussaint, O.M.I.
(1958.01.16 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I.
(1948.02.12 – 1957)

Born:1888.10.20 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1913.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1948.05.17
Died:1963.03.03 († 74)

Prefect Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Ipamu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.02.12 – 1957)

Titular Bishop of Tigava (1948.02.12 – 1963.03.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Ipamu (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alfonse Bossart, O.M.I. (later Bishop)
(1937.06.11 – 1948.02.12)

(see above)

Special Churches

Kikwit (←), Inongo (↑), Mweka (→), Luebo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 40,000 kmÂČ

Population: 2,084,000 Catholics (51.5% of 4,044,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 49 missions

Personnel: 133 priests (117 diocesan, 16 religious), 130 religious (37 brothers, 93 sisters), 77 seminarians

Population

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