Diocese of Isangi, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Isangi / Isangien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.06.14: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi / Isangien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu, Apostolic Vicariate of Coquilhatville, Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala and Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville)
1962.07.02: Promoted as Diocese of Isangi / Isangien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Stanleyville)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.09.23 – ...):	Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66) Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Isangi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.09.23 – ...)

Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66)
(2016.04.02 – 2024.09.23)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa)
Apostolic Administrator of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Deus autem caritatem

Born:	1958.08.18 (Faradje, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.07.10

Priest of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1985.08.25 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2016.04.02 – 2024.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (2024.07.12 – 2024.09.23)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (2024.09.23 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2024.09.23 – ...)

Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop Camille Lembi Zaneli
(2000.06.02 – 2011.07.08)

Born:	1950.04.02 (Zongo, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1979.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.11.26
Died:	2011.07.08 (Kisangani, Congo-Kinshasa † 61)

Priest of Kisantu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.09.30 – 2000.06.02)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2000.06.02 – 2011.07.08)

Killed in plane crash.

Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (94)
(1988.09.01 – 1997.05.20)

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 Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M.
(1962.07.02 – 1988.04.20)

Born:	1919.11.19 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1945.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.09
Died:	1988.04.20 († 68)

Prefect Apostolic of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1952 – 1962.07.02)

Bishop of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.07.02 – 1988.04.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Isangi (Roman Rite)

Fr. Lodewijk Antoon Jansen, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(1952 – 1962.07.02)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I. (94) (1984.06.04 – 1988.09.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Marie Médiatrice, Isangi, Tshopo

Bokungu–Ikela (↙), Basankusu (←), Lisala (↖), Lolo (↑), Kisangani (→), Kindu (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 50,000 km²

Population: 133,486 Catholics (12.4% of 1,074,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 35 priests (29 diocesan, 6 religious), 23 religious (12 brothers, 11 sisters), 10 seminarians