Diocese of Lisala

Dioecesis Lisalaensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanMbandaka-Bikoro
Statistics
Area70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,400,000
767,232 (54.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal’Etumba
Bishops emeritusLouis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala (Latin: Lisalaën(sis)) is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named after its see, located in the city of Lisala.

History

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Nearly all (originally missionary) members of Latin Rite congregation Scheutists (C.I.C.M.)
Vicars Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Latin Rite)
Vicars Apostolic of Lisala
  • Bishop Egidio de Böck, C.I.C.M. (27 January 1936 – 20 December 1944)
  • Bishop François van den Berghe, C.I.C.M., Titular Bishop of Boseta (20 December 1944 – 10 November 1959), previously coadjutor vicar apostolic (9 February 1943 – 20 December 1944)
Bishops of Lisala

Coadjutor bishops

  • François Van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. (1943-1944), as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
  • Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. (1996-1997)

See also

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