Diocese of Kikwit, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kikwit / Kikuiten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kinshasa

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1892.04.18: Established as Mission sui juris of Kwango (français) / Koango (Italiano) / de Koango (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge)
1903.06.30: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Kwango (français) / Koango (Italiano) / de Koango (Latin)
1921.03: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur
1928.03.29: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kwango (français) / Koango (Italiano) / de Koango (Latin)
1931.04.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu
1935.01.28: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu
1937.04.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu
1939.04.25: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu
1950.05.24: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
1955.02.21: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit / Kikuiten(sis) (Latin)
1957.07.05: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kenge
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Kikwit / Kikuiten(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Léopoldville)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.19 – ...):

Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kikwit (Roman Rite)

Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. (62)
(2016.11.19 – ...)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Servus evangelii spei

Born:	1962.01.01 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.15

Titular Bishop of Naiera (2012.02.02 – 2016.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2012.02.02 – 2016.11.19)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (2016.11.19 – ...)

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O.
(1986.03.10 – 2016.11.19)

Préparer les chemins du Seigneur

Born:	1936.08.15 (Bakanga-Pindi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1967.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.03.24
Died:	2022.12.04 (Bruxelles, Belgium † 86)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (1984.11.08 – 1986.03.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.11.08 – 1986.03.10)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1986.03.10 – 2016.11.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1991 – 1996.04.22)

Superior General of Josephite Brothers of Rwanda (2012.06.06 – 2012.12)

Bishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu
(1967.11.29 – 1985.10.14)

Born:	1918 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1948.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.29
Died:	1985.10.14 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Cataquas (1961.06.24 – 1967.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1961.06.24 – 1967.11.29)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.11.29 – 1985.10.14)

Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J.
(1959.11.10 – 1967.11.29)

Born:	1902.01.26 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1934.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.05.22
Died:	1991.05.15 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Raphanea (1955.02.25 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1955.02.25 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.11.29)

Titular Bishop of Thucca terebenthina (1967.11.29 – 1976.09.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Kikwit (Roman Rite)

Bishop André Lefèbvre, S.J.
(1955.02.25 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Kwango (Roman Rite)

Bishop Enrico van Schingen, S.J.
(1936.12.17 – 1954.07.02)

Born:	1888.12.03 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1921.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.05.02
Died:	1954.07.02 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (1936.12.17 – 1954.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.12.17 – 1954.07.02)

Bishop Silvain van Hee, S.J.
(1928.03.29 – 1936.02.20)

Born:	1875.01.25 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.09.09
Died:	1960.03.26 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Possala (1928.03.28 – 1960.03.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) (1928.03.29 – 1936.02.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Kwango (Roman Rite)

Fr. Stanislas de Vos, S.J.
(1911 – 1928)

Died:

1928

Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) (1911 – 1928)

Fr. Julien Banckaert
(1903 – 1911)

Prefect Apostolic of Kwango (Congo-Kinshasa) (1903 – 1911)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Joseph Guffens, S.J. (1949.07.24 – 1953.11.19)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Fr. Charles Dauvin, S.J. (1948.12.09 – 1948.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. (1984.11.08 – 1986.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alexander Mbuka-Nzundu (1961.06.24 – 1967.11.29)

Diocese of

Kikwit

Congo-Kinshasa

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)