Diocese of Basankusu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Basankusu is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul in the town of Basankusu.
History
- Established on 28 July 1926, as Apostolic Prefecture of Basankusu on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers
- 8 January 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Basankusu
- Lost territory on 14 June 1951 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Isangi
- Promoted on 10 November 1959, as Diocese of Basankusu, ceasing to be exempt
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Prefects of Basankusu
- Gerardo Wantenaar, Mill Hill Missionaries
- Gerardo Wantenaar, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Uzalis
- Willem van Kester, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Legia
- Willem van Kester, M.H.M.
- Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, Scheutists, appointed Bishop of Molegbe
- Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku, previously Apostolic Administrator while Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela
- Libère Pwongo Bope