Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka, Congo-Kinshasa 🇨🇩

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mahagi–Nioka / Mahagien(sis)–Niokaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.07.02: Established as Diocese of Mahagi / Mahagien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bunia and became suffragan of Stanleyville)
1967.10.30: Renamed as Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka / Mahagien(sis)–Niokaën(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.11.16 – ...):

Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mahagi–Nioka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa (61)
(2010.11.16 – ...)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Formetur Christus in vobis

Born:	1963.07.07 (Faradje, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.01.12

Priest of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1993.07.15 – 2010.11.16)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.11.16 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (2024.08.03 – 2024.09.15)

Bishop Marcel Utembi Tapa (66) (later Archbishop)
(2001.10.16 – 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)

Bishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya
(1980.09.04 – 2001.10.16)

Born:	1924.12 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1956.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.09.16
Died:	2006.08.11 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (1979.05.03 – 1980.09.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.05.03 – 1980.09.04)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.09.04 – 2001.10.16)

Bishop Gabriel Ukec
(Apostolic Administrator 1979.10.10 – 1980.09)

Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa
(1967.10.30 – 1979.10.10)

Born:	1917 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1948.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.10.14
Died:	2000.01.20 († 82)

Bishop of Mahagi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.07.02 – 1967.10.30)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.10.30 – 1979.10.10)

Bishops of Mahagi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa
(1962.07.02 – 1967.10.30)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes, Mahagi, Ituri

Bunia (↙), Isiro–Niangara (←), Yei (↑), Arua (↗), Nebbi (→)

Statistics (2015.12.31)

Area: 21,000 km²

Population: 1,621,000 Catholics (64.8% of 2,500,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 107 priests (92 diocesan, 15 religious), 166 religious (21 brothers, 145 sisters), 44 seminarians