roman, catholic, diocese, buta, latin, dioecesis, butana, diocese, located, city, buta, ecclesiastical, province, kisangani, democratic, republic, congo, diocese, butadioecesis, butanalocationcountrydemocratic, republic, congometropolitankisanganistatisticsare. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buta Latin Dioecesis Butana is a diocese located in the city of Buta in the ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Diocese of ButaDioecesis ButanaLocationCountryDemocratic Republic of CongoMetropolitanKisanganiStatisticsArea60 000 km2 23 000 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 1995 259 000189 850 73 3 InformationRiteLatin RiteCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopSede vacanteApostolic AdministratorJean Bertin Nadonye Ndongo Bishop of LoloBishops emeritusJoseph Banga Bane Contents 1 History 2 Bishops 2 1 Ordinaries in reverse chronological order 2 2 Coadjutor bishop 3 See also 4 SourcesHistory edit12 May 1898 Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Uele from the Apostolic Vicariate of Leopoldville 18 December 1911 Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Western Uele 15 April 1924 Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Western Uele 10 March 1926 Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Buta 10 November 1959 Promoted as Diocese of ButaBishops editOrdinaries in reverse chronological order edit Bishops of Buta Latin Rite below Bishop Joseph Banga Bane 27 September 1996 17 May 2021 Bishop Jacques Mbali 4 July 1961 27 September 1996 Bishop Georges Desire Raeymaeckers O Praem 10 November 1959 10 October 1960 see below Vicars Apostolic of Buta Latin Rite below Bishop Georges Desire Raeymaeckers O Praem 4 February 1953 10 November 1959 see above Bishop Charles A Vanuytven O Praem 6 May 1924 December 1952 Prefect Apostolic of Western Uele Latin Rite below Fr Leone Derikx O Praem 1912 19 February 1924 Prefects Apostolic of Uele Latin Rite below Fr Jerome van Hoof 1899 1901 Fr Adrien Deckers 1898 1899 Coadjutor bishop edit Joseph Banga Bane 1995 1996 See also editRoman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the CongoSources editGCatholic org Catholic Hierarchy 2 47 42 N 24 44 11 E 2 7950 N 24 7364 E 2 7950 24 7364 nbsp This article about a Roman Catholic diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Buta amp oldid 1197254391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
