Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kisangani / Kisanganien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bondo, Bunia, Buta, Dungu–Doruma, Isangi, Isiro–Niangara, Mahagi–Nioka, Wamba

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1904.08.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge)
1908.03.10: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls
1922.06.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Albert
1934.04.09: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Beni in Belgian Congo
1949.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Stanleyville / Stanleypolitan(us) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba)
1951.06.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi
1956.04.23: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu
1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanleyville / Stanleypolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bondo, Bunia, Buta, Niangara and Wamba)
1962.07.02: Gained suffragan sees Isangi and Mahagi
1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisangani / Kisanganien(sis) (Latin)
1967.09.26: Gained suffragan see Doruma

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.05)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2008.11.28 – ...):	Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (66)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.05.13 – ...):	Bishop Lénard Ndjadi Ndjate, M.C.C.J. (49) Titular Bishop of Casæ in Numidia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisangani (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (66)
(2008.11.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1959.01.07 (Luma, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.06

Priest of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.06.29 – 2001.10.16)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.10.16 – 2008.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (2008.11.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Isangi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2012 – 2016.04.02)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2016.06.24 – 2024.07.01)

Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (later Cardinal)
(1988.09.01 – 2007.12.06)

In fide veritatis

Born:	1939.10.07 (Mongobele, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04
Created Cardinal:	2010.11.20
Died:	2021.07.11 (Le Port-Marly, France † 81)

Priest of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963.12.21 – 1980.02.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Inongo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.02.13 – 1981.04.07)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Proconsulari (1980.02.13 – 1988.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (1981.04.07 – 1988.09.01)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1984 – 1992)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988.09.01 – 2007.12.06)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1997 – 2003)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2004.07 – 2008)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2007.12.06 – 2018.11.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (2010.11.20 [2011.01.22] – 2021.07.11)

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – 2018.10)

Archbishop Augustin Fataki Alueke
(1967.09.26 – 1988.09.01)

Born:	1912 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1944.10.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.01.28
Died:	1999.12.15 († 86)

Apostolic Administrator of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1965 – 1968)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.26 – 1988.09.01)

Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I.
(1966.05.30 – 1967.09.26)

Born:	1904.10.31 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1931.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.11
Died:	1973.03.23 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia (1958.05.07 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.05.07 – 1959.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1966.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.30 – 1967.09.26)

Titular Archbishop of Zucchabar (1967.09.26 – 1971.04.15)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Stanleyville (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I.
(1959.11.10 – 1966.05.30)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Stanleyville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. (later Archbishop)
(1958.05.07 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I.
(1949.03.10 – 1958)

Born:	1892.07.04 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1924.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.05.27
Died:	1980.01.22 († 87)

Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa) (1934.02.01 – 1949.03.10)

Titular Bishop of Oëa (1934.02.01 – 1980.01.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Stanleyville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1949.03.10 – 1958)

Vicars Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Roman Rite)

Bishop Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I.
(1934.02.01 – 1949.03.10)

(see above)

Bishop Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I.
(1908.03.10 – 1933.03.28)

Born:	1860.12.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1883.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.10.11
Died:	1942.02.13 († 81)

Prefect Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa) (1904.08.03 – 1908.03.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Congo-Kinshasa) (1908.03.10 – 1933.03.28)

Titular Bishop of Sagalassus (1908.03.12 – 1942.02.13)

Prefects Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Roman Rite)

Fr. Émile-Gabriel Grison, S.C.I. (later Bishop)
(1904.08.03 – 1908.03.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (later Cardinal) (1981.04.07 – 1988.09.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya (1979.05.03 – 1980.09.04)