The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunia () is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

located in the city of

Bunia Bunia is the capital Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution. It lies at an elevation of on a ...

in the

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Kisangani Kisangani (), formerly Stanleyville (), is the capital of Tshopo, Tshopo Province, located on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the country's fifth-most populous urban a ...

in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

History

* 27 June 1922: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lake Albert from the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls and the Apostolic Vicariate of Uganda in

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

* 11 December 1933: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lake Albert * 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Bunia * 2 July 1962: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mahagi

Leadership, in reverse chronological order

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s of Bunia (

Latin Rite Latin Rite may refer to: *The Latin Church, a ''sui iuris'' church of the Catholic Church *The Latin liturgical rites, a family of Christian rites and uses which includes the Roman Rite *The Roman Rite The Roman Rite () is the most common ritua ...

), below ** Bishop Dieudonné Uringi Uuci (since 1 April 2005) ** Bishop

Léonard Dhejju Léonard Dhejju (14 March 1931 – 4 June 2019) was a Congolese Roman Catholic bishop. Dhejju was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Uvi ...

(2 July 1984 – 6 April 2002) ** Bishop Gabriel Ukec (29 September 1964 – 2 July 1984) ** Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr. (10 November 1959 – 19 August 1963); ''see below' * Vicar Apostolic of Lake Albert (Latin Rite), below ** Bishop Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr. (11 December 1933 – 10 November 1959); ''see above & below'' * Prefect Apostolic of Lake Albert (Latin Rite), below ** Father Alphonse Joseph Matthijsen, M. Afr. (21 June 1922 – 11 December 1933); ''see above''

Sources

GCatholic.org

Bunia Roman Catholic dioceses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian organizations established in 1922 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kisangani {{DRCongo-RC-diocese-stub

History

Leadership, in reverse chronological order

See also

Sources