Diocese of Kinkala

Diocese of Kinkala Dioecesis Kinkalana
Location
Country	Republic of the Congo
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Metropolitan	Kinkala
Statistics
Area	22,000 km2 (8,500 sq mi)
Population	(as of 2006) 88,500 (59.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	October 3, 1987 (38 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga Bishop of Kinkala
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anatole Milandou Archbishop of Brazzaville
Bishops emeritus	Louis Portella Mbuyu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kinkala (Latin: Dioecesis Kinkalana) is a diocese located in the city of Kinkala in the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.

History

On October 3, 1987, the diocese was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Bishop Ildevert Mathurin Mouanga (March 5, 2020 – present)
• Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu (October 16, 2001 – March 5, 2020)
• Bishop Anatole Milandou (October 3, 1987 – January 23, 2001), appointed Archbishop of Brazzaville

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, appointed Bishop of Dolisie in 2013

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo
• Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}