Diocese of Kindu Dioecesis Kinduensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Bukavu
Statistics
Area	82,883 km2 (32,001 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2003) 437,620 171,070 (39.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa
Bishops emeritus	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kindu (Latin : Kinduen(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Kindu in the ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Contents

• History
• Leadership, in reverse chronological order
• See also
• Sources

History

• 23 April 1956: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo and the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley-ville
• 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kindu

Leadership, in reverse chronological order

• Bishops of Kindu (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop François Abeli Muhoya Mutchapa (18 November 2020 – Present)
  • Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. (25 April 2007 – 23 April 2019), appointed Bishop of Goma
  • Bishop Paul Mambe Mukanga (15 March 1979 – 26 January 2004)
  • Bishop Albert Onyembo Lomandjo, C.S.Sp. (17 May 1966 – 17 January 1978)
  • Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. (10 November 1959 – 2 July 1965); see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Kindu (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. (12 April 1957 – 10 November 1959); see above

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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