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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenge
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of Kenge
is a
suffragan
Latin
diocese
in the
Ecclesiastical province
of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Kinshasa
.
Its
cathedral
episcopal see
is located in the
city of
Kenge, Bas-Congo
, in the
Democratic Republic
of the Congo's Kongo
Central province
.
History
Established pn 5
July 1957
as
Apostolic Prefecture
of Kenge
, on territory split off from the
Apostolic Vicariate of Kikwit
and the
Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu
Promoted
on 6
July 1963
as
Diocese of Kenge
Bishops
Ordinaries
;
Apostolic Prefect
of Kenge
Fr.
Jean Van der Heyden
, S.V.D.
;
Suffragan Bishops
of Kenge''
François Hoenen, S.V.D.
Dieudonné M'Sanda Tsinda-Hata
Gaspard Mudiso Mundla
, S.V.D. ), succeeding as former
Coadjutor Bishop
of Kenge
Jean-Pierre Kwambamba Masi
, succeeding as former Auxiliary
Bishop of Kinshasa
Coadjutor bishop
Gaspard Mudiso Mundla, S.V.D.
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Bernard Marie Fansaka Biniama, appointed Bishop of Popokabaka in 2020
