Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka is a diocese located in the territories of Mahagi–Nioka, Ituri Province, in the ecclesiastical province of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

2 July 1962: Established as Diocese of Mahagi from the Diocese of Bunia
30 October 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Mahagi – Nioka

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Bishops of Mahagi–Nioka, below
* Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa
* Bishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, appointed Archbishop of Kisangani
* Bishop Alphonse-Marie Runiga Musanganya
* Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa ; see below
Bishop of Mahagi, below
* Bishop Thomas Kuba Thowa ; ''see above''

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi, appointed Bishop of Bondo in 2008