Diocese of Uvira, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Uvira / Uviraën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bukavu

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.04.16: Established as Diocese of Uvira / Uviraën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu and Diocese of Kasongo and became suffragan of Bukavu)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.10.15 – ...):

Bishop Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Uvira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sébastien Muyengo Mulombe (66)
(2013.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Sursum corda

Born:	1958.05.08 (Bukavu, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.15

Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1986.08.01 – 2012.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Strathearn (2012.02.02 – 2013.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2012.02.02 – 2013.10.15)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (2013.10.15 – ...)

Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.08 – 2013.10.15)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(2002.06.10 – 2008.07.31)

Amour et miséricorde

Born:	1942.07.25 (Panda-Likasi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1972.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.31
Died:	2021.03.31 (Pretoria, South Africa † 78)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1992.10.06 – 2002.06.10)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (2002.06.10 – 2008.07.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2008.07.31 – 2010.12.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.12.01 – 2021.03.31)

Bishop Jérôme Gapangwa Nteziryayo (82)
(1985.07.01 – 2002.06.10)

Bishop emeritus of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1942.01.01 (Kalongi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1972.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.10.20

Priest of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.08.20 – 1985.07.01)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (1985.07.01 – 2002.06.10)

Bishop Léonard Dhejju
(1981.03.26 – 1984.07.02)

Serviam

Born:	1931.03.14 (Dele, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.07.19
Died:	2019.06.04 (Bunia, Congo-Kinshasa † 88)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (1981.03.26 – 1984.07.02)

Bishop of Bunia (Congo-Kinshasa) (1984.07.02 – 2002.04.06)

Bishop Danilo Catarzi, S.X.
(1962.04.16 – 1981.03.26)

Born:	1918.02.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.15
Died:	2004.11.23 († 86)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.04.16 – 1981.03.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Paul, Uvira, Sud-Kivu

Kasongo (←), Bukavu (↑), Bubanza (↗), Kalemie–Kirungu (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,795 km²

Population: 986,950 Catholics (47.2% of 2,089,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes

Personnel: 90 priests (75 diocesan, 15 religious), 69 religious (20 brothers, 49 sisters), 73 seminarians