Diocese of

Isiro–Niangara 𝐖

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Isiro–Niangara / Isiren(sis)–Niangaraën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1911.12.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé Orientale (français) / Eastern Uélé (English) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé)
1924.05.06: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Uélé Orientale (français) / Eastern Uélé (English)
1926.12.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Niangara / Niangaræn(sis) (Latin)
1958.02.24: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Doruma
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Niangara / Niangaræn(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Stanleyville)
1970.03.23: Renamed as Diocese of Isiro–Niangara / Isiren(sis)–Niangaraën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.09.23 – ...):

Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66)

Apostolic Administrator of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Isiro–Niangara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66)
(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 – ...)

Bishop Dieudonné Madrapile Tanzi (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.12 – 2024.09.23)

Bishop Julien Andavo Bule Ahuba Mbia
(2003.02.01 – 2024.07.14)

Servir l’amour

Born:	1950.09.05 (Faradje, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1979.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.19
Died:	2024.07.14 (Durba, Congo-Kinshasa † 73)

Priest of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.08.26 – 2003.02.01)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (2003.02.01 – 2024.07.14)

Bishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. (later Archbishop)
(1995.12.06 – 2001.03.13)

Je me suis fait tout a tous

Born:	1942.11.04 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1969.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.11.25
Died:	2005.10.09 († 62)

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.06.11 – 1995.12.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1995.12.06 – 1996.11.08)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1995.12.06 – 2001.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.03.13 – 2005.10.09)

Bishop Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a
(1989.09.25 – 1994.03.24)

Born:	1936.12.09 (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)

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

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

Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe
(1976.02.19 – 1989.04.01)

Born:	1930 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.20
Died:	1989.04.01 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (1972.05.06 – 1976.02.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.05.06 – 1976.02.19)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1976.02.19 – 1989.04.01)

Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P.
(1970.03.23 – 1976.02.19)

Born:	1908.01.28 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1931.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.29
Died:	1976.02.19 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Tadamata (1948.03.11 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.03.11 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1970.03.23)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1970.03.23 – 1976.02.19)

Bishops of Niangara (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P.
(1959.11.10 – 1970.03.23)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Niangara (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Odon de Wilde, O.P.
(1948.03.11 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Robert Costanzo Lagae, O.P.
(1924.12.18 – 1948)

Born:	1882.11.20
Ordained Priest:	1907.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.06.11
Died:	1966.05.16 († 83)

Vicar Apostolic of Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1924.12.18 – 1948)

Titular Bishop of Tricca (1924.12.18 – 1966.05.16)

Prefects Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Roman Rite)

Fr. Ceslas Rolin, O.P.
(1922 – 1924)

Died:

1924

Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa) (1922 – 1924)

Fr. Reginald van Schoote, O.P.
(1912 – 1922)

Died:

1922

Prefect Apostolic of Uélé Orientale (Congo-Kinshasa) (1912 – 1922)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ambroise Uma Arakayo Amabe (1972.05.06 – 1976.02.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus, Isiro, Haut-Uélé
National Shrine: Sanctuaire National Bienheureuse Anuarite, Isiro, Haut-Uélé

Buta (←), Dungu–Doruma (↑), Yei (↗), Mahagi–Nioka (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 km²

Population: 918,870 Catholics (60.1% of 1,528,433 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 112 priests (87 diocesan, 25 religious), 209 religious (37 brothers, 172 sisters), 31 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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