Vatican
City, 24 May 2013
(VIS) – Today the Holy Father erected the new diocese of Dolisie
(area 25,930, population 210,000, Catholics 71,000, priests 32,
religious 3) Democratic Republic of the Congo, with territory taken
from the Diocese of Nkayi, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese
of Brazzaville. He appointed Fr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou as
first bishop of the new diocese. Bishop-elect Manamika Bafouakouahou,
previously vicar general of the Diocese of Kinkala, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, was born in Brazzaville in 1964 and was
ordained a priest in 1993. Since ordination he has served in several
pastoral and diocesan level roles, most recently, since 2004, as
episcopal delegate for diocesan Caritas and coordinator of the
Sant'Agostino Seminary of Kinkala.
Friday, May 24, 2013
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