Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu

Diocese of Basankusu

*Dioecesis Basankusuensis*
Diocese of Basankusu; Dioecesis Basankusuensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Mbandaka-Bikoro
Statistics
Area	70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 584,000; 230,331 (39.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu (Latin: Basankusuen(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The rebuilt Basankusu Cathedral

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul (Saints Peter and Paul) in the town of Basankusu.

History

Established on July 28, 1926, as Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers
January 8, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu
Lost territory on 14 June 1951 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi (now a diocese)
Promoted on November 10, 1959, as Diocese of Basankusu, ceasing to be exempt

(all Latin Rite, mostly -initially missionary- members of Latin congregations)

Gerardo Wantenaar, Mill Hill Missionaries (M.H.M.) (1927.02.02 – 1948.01.08 see below)

Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1948.07.08 – 1951.12.03) (see above 1948.01.08 – 1951.12.03)
Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Legia (1952.06.19 – 1959.11.10 see below)

Willem van Kester, M.H.M. (see above 1959.11.10 – 1974.11.18)
Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, Scheutists (C.I.C.M.) (1974.11.18 – 1998.06.27), appointed Bishop of Molegbe
Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku (2001.11.09 - ...), previously Apostolic Administrator (1998 – 2001.11.09) while Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (Democratic Republic of Congo) (1993.12.06 – 2001.11.09)

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