Diocese of Mbujimayi

Diocese of Mbujimayi

Dioecesis Mbugimayensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanKananga
Statistics
Area15,285 km2 (5,902 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 4,000,000
  • 2,500,000 (62.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSaint Jean Baptiste de Bonzola
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopBernard Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbujimayi (Latin: Mbugimayen(sis)) is a Latin diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai Oriental province. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bonzola in the city of Mbuji-Mayi.

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