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Diocese of Butembo-Beni

Dioecesis Butembensis-Benensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 7 February 1967
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bukavu
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Congo, The Democratic Republic of
  • Square Kilometers: 45,000 (17,381 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: B.P. 179, Butembo, Nord-Kivu, Rep. Democratique du Congo
  • Telephone: (099)838.68.26

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
9 April 1934ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Stanley Falls (Beni and Lubero) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
9 February 1938ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} Vicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
12 June 1947Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} (Boundaries adjusted)
Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Beni nel Congo
10 November 1959ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo} Diocese of Beni nel Congo
Diocese of Beni
7 July 1960Name ChangedDiocese of Beni nel Congo Diocese of Beni
Diocese of Butembo-Beni
7 February 1967Name ChangedDiocese of Beni Diocese of Butembo-Beni

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
1950113,389400,00028.3%247492,3142911ap1951
Diocese of Beni nel Congo
1958254,323430,00059.1%562673,79514116ap1960
Diocese of Beni
Diocese of Butembo-Beni
1970440,250810,00054.4%2239617,21710123724ap1971
1980678,3521,032,00065.7%24295312,7997623723ap1981
1990816,8471,245,45365.6%5641978,42113029924ap1991
1996893,5251,363,78465.5%105461515,91714936428ap2000
20001,090,7351,570,80769.4%112451576,94729036632ap2001
20011,144,0211,557,38573.5%108431517,57617139732ap2002
20021,137,2101,722,11766.0%102491517,53118330233ap2003
2003929,4171,403,61666.2%111431546,03525639733ap2004
2004898,6531,392,53664.5%125802054,38327553533ap2005
2006993,0001,463,00067.9%132671994,98922854235ap2007
20121,173,0001,730,00067.8%1761723483,37034445546ap2013
20151,266,0001,868,00067.8%1861323183,98133561348ap2016
20181,383,4702,040,58067.8%1931383314,17943166256ap2019
20202,179,0892,875,09975.8%2031383416,39045162462ap2021
20222,244,1502,961,91075.8%2321383706,06543373170ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Mission "Sui Iuris" of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 27, Page 256, and Page 257
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Beni nel Congo Belga {Belgian Congo}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 30, Page 282, and Page 283
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 39, Page 460
  • Diocese of Beni nel Congo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 372, to Page 377
  • Diocese of Beni
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 913, and Page 914
  • Diocese of Butembo-Beni
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 167

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