Diocese of Kindu, Congo-Kinshasa 🇨🇩

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kindu / Kinduen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bukavu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kabinda (↙), Tshumbe (←), Kole (↖), Isangi (↖), Kisangani (↑), Goma (↗), Kasongo (→), Kongolo (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.04.23: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu / Kinduen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo and Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Kindu / Kinduen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bukavu)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.18 – ...):

Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kindu (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapaa (52)
(2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1974.02.09 (Kindu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	2002.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.06

Priest of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2002.01.06 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (61)
(2007.04.25 – 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 (85)
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.02.03 – 2007.04.25)

Bishop Paul Mambe Mukanga
(1979.03.15 – 2004.01.26)

Born:	1929.04.13 (Shopo, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.24
Died:	2004.01.26 († 74)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.03.15 – 2004.01.26)

Archbishop Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru
(Apostolic Administrator 1978.01.17 – 1979.03.15)

Bishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp.
(1966.05.17 – 1978.01.17)

Born:	1931.07.06 (Kindu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.12.11
Died:	2016.01.11 († 84)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.17 – 1978.01.17)

Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp.
(1959.11.10 – 1965.07.02)

Born:	1910.07.05 (La Calamine, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.07.07
Died:	1965.07.02 (Kindu, Congo-Kinshasa † 54)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Kindu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1965.07.02)

Vicars Apostolic of Kindu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp.
(1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Esprit, Kindu, Maniema

Kabinda (↙), Tshumbe (←), Kole (↖), Isangi (↖), Kisangani (↑), Goma (↗), Kasongo (→), Kongolo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 82,883 km²

Population: 429,000 Catholics (32.9% of 1,304,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 52 priests (43 diocesan, 9 religious), 90 religious (13 brothers, 77 sisters), 29 seminarians