Diocese of Lisala, Congo-Kinshasa 🇨🇩 (original) (raw)

1919.04.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers (from Apostolic Vicariate of Congo Belge)
1924.02.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tsuapa
1926.01.28: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatville
1926.07.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu
1936.01.27: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lisala / Lisalaën(sis) (Latin)
1951.06.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Lisala / Lisalaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Coquilhatville)
1964.11.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Budjala

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. (87) (1996.03.13 – 1997.07.06)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Frans van den Berghe, C.I.C.M. (1943.02.09 – 1944.12.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Louis Nganga a Ndzando (1961.04.18 – 1964.11.25)

Area: 67,674 km²

Population: 1,208,000 Catholics (53.2% of 2,272,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 74 priests (70 diocesan, 4 religious), 111 religious (24 brothers, 87 sisters), 46 seminarians