Diocese of Molegbe
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue in the city of Molegbe.
Description
The Diocese of Molegbe encompasses a territory of approximately 79,000 square kilometers surrounding the commune of Molegbe, Nord-Ubangi province. In 2021, 944,440 Catholics lived in the diocese, representing 53.2 percent of the region's total population.History
- Established on 7 April 1911 as Apostolic Prefecture of Belgian Ubanghi, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Congo.
- 28 January 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Ubanghi, since entitled to a titular bishop.
- Promoted on 10 November 1959 as Diocese of Molegbe, becoming a suffragan diocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro.
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Prefects of Belgian Ubanghi; Apostolic Vicars of Belgian Ubanghi
- Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Tigava
- Jean Ghislain Delcuve, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Bargylia
- Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Fessei
- Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap, later Titular Bishop of Rusibisir
- * Apostolic Administrator Louis Nganga a Ndzando, Bishop of Lisala
- Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu
- Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, CICM
- Dominique Bulamatari
- Sede vacante
- * Joseph-Bernard Likolo Bokal'Etumba, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala, has headed the diocese as Apostolic Administrator
- Joseph Mopepe Ngongo, Bishop-Elect. Consecration and installation scheduled on 6 July 2025.