Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kinshasa information
Roman Catholic archdiocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Kinshasa
Archidioecesis Kinshasana
Archidiocèse de Kinshasa
Catholic
St. Anne's Church in Kinshasa
Location
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Territory
Kinshasa and surrounding districts
Ecclesiastical province
Province of Kinshasa
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2016) 11,323,000 6,378,000 (56.3%)
Parishes
143
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
22 November 1888
Cathedral
Our Lady of the Congo Cathedral
Secular priests
238
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, OFM Cap
Auxiliary Bishops
Charles Ndaka Salabisala
Edouard Isango Nkoyo
Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M
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The Archdiocese of Kinshasa (Latin: Archidioecesis Kinshasana; French: Archidiocèse de Kinshasa) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its ecclesiastic territory includes the capital city of Kinshasa and surrounding districts. The archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa. The current archbishop is Fridolin Ambongo Besungu.
Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of the Belgian Congo by Pope Leo XIII in 1888, it was raised to the status of an archdiocese in 1959. In 1966, its name was changed from the Archdiocese of Léopoldville to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa. Today, the archdiocese covers a territory of 8,500 km2 (3,283 sq mi) and, as of 2016, has a total population of 11,323,000, of whom 6,378,000 (56.3%) are Catholic.[2] The archdiocese is served by 1,208 priests, including 238 diocesan priests and 970 religious priests, 1,661 male religious (including religious priests and brothers), and 1,982 religious sisters.[2] The archdiocese has 143 parishes, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Congo in Kinshasa.[2]
^"Kinshasa (Archdiocese) - Bishops". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ abcCheney, David M. "Kinshasa (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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