Diocese of Lisala, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lisala / Lisalaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mbandaka–Bikoro

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1919.04.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge)
1924.02.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa
1926.01.28: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville
1926.07.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu
1936.01.27: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala / Lisalaën(sis) (Latin)
1951.06.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Lisala / Lisalaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Coquilhatville)
1964.11.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Budjala

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba (57)

Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lisala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba (57)
(2021.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)
Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Quærite primum regnum Dei

Born:	1967.08.29 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1999.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.05.29

Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1999.05.30 – 2021.02.15)

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (2021.02.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (2023.08.01 – ...)

Bishop Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. (60) (later Archbishop)
(2015.02.11 – 2019.11.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa)

Cor unum anima una

Born:	1964.05.25 (Kanya Mbonda, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1996.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.19

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (2015.02.11 – 2019.11.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mbandaka–Bikoro (Congo-Kinshasa) (2019.11.23 – ...)

Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. (87)
(1997.07.06 – 2015.02.11)

Bishop emeritus of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa)

In caritate unitas

Born:	1937.06.20 (Mankanza, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04

Bishop of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.01.28 – 1996.03.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1996.03.13 – 1997.07.06)

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.07.06 – 2015.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (2007.05.23 – 2009.11.14)

Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando
(1964.11.25 – 1997.07.06)

Pax in caritate

Born:	1923 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1953.02.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.07.09
Died:	2014.02.13 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Athyra (1961.04.18 – 1964.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1961.04.18 – 1964.11.25)

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.11.25 – 1997.07.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Molegbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967 – 1968.09.05)

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M.
(1959.11.10 – 1964.11.25)

Born:	1907.05.08 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1931.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.06.29
Died:	1976.05.17 († 69)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1943.02.09 – 1944.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1943.02.09 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1944.12.20 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1964.11.25)

Bishop of Budjala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1964.11.25 – 1974)

Vicars Apostolic of Lisala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M.
(1944.12.20 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M.
(1936.01.27 – 1944.12.20)

Born:	1875.11.13 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1900.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.05.08
Died:	1944.12.20 († 69)

Prefect Apostolic of Kasaï Supérieur (Congo-Kinshasa) (1913 – 1916)

Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Congo-Kinshasa) (1921.01.04 – 1936.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Azotus (1921.03.10 – 1944.12.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.01.27 – 1944.12.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Roman Rite)

Bishop Egide de Boeck, C.I.C.M.
(1921.01.04 – 1936.01.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. (87) (1996.03.13 – 1997.07.06)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. (1943.02.09 – 1944.12.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando (1961.04.18 – 1964.11.25)

Diocese of

Lisala

Congo-Kinshasa

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)