Diocese of Molegbe

Dioecesis Molegbensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanMbandaka-Bikoro
Statistics
Area79,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1997)
3,761,732
1,879,566 (50.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDominique Bulamatari

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

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (St. Anthony of Padua) in the city of Molegbe.

History

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Belgian Ubanghi
  • Fr. Fulgenzio da Gerard-Montes, OFMCap (1911 – 1930?)
  • Fr. Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, OFMCap (16 October 1931 – 28 January 1935)
Apostolic Vicars of Belgian Ubanghi
  • Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, OFMCap (28 January 1935 – 16 December 1947), Titular Bishop of Tigava (28 January 1935 – 16 December 1947)
  • Jean Ghislain Delcuve, OFMCap (10 June 1948 – 13 November 1958), Titular Bishop of Bargylia
  • Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap (13 November 1958 – 10 November 1959), Titular Bishop of Fessei (13 November 1958 – 10 November 1959)
Bishops of Molegbe

See also

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