Roman Catholic Diocese of Mweka

Diocese of Mweka

Dioecesis Mvekaensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanKananga
Statistics
Area21,700 km2 (8,400 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2001)
  • 420,000
  • 196,500 (46.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopOscar Nkolo Kanowa, C.I.C.M.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mweka (Latin: Mvekaën(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of The Metropolitan of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Saint-Martin, in the city of Mweka in Kasai Province.

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