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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of Mahagi–Nioka
– Niokaën) is a
diocese
located in
the city
of Mahagi–Nioka in the
Ecclesiastical province
of
Kisangani
in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
.
History
July 2
, 1962:
Established
as
Diocese
of
Mahagi
from the
Diocese of Bunia
October 30
, 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Mahagi –
Nioka
Bishops
Ordinaries, in
reverse chronological order
Bishops of Mahagi–Nioka, below
*
Bishop
Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa
* Bishop
Marcel
Utembi Tapa, appointed Archbishop of Kisangani
* Bishop
Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya
* Bishop
Thomas Kuba Thowa
;
see
below
Bishop of Mahagi, below
*
Bishop Thomas
Kuba Thowa ;
see above
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi, appointed
Bishop of Bondo
in
2008