Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe (Molegben(sis)) 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 (St. Anthony of Padua) in the city of Molegbe.

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
 * Fr. Fulgenzio da Gerard-Montes, OFMCap (1911 – 1930?)
 * Fr. Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, OFMCap (16 October 1931 – 28 January 1935)


 * Apostolic Vicars of Belgian Ubanghi
 * Basilio Ottavio Tanghe, OFMCap (28 January 1935 – 16 December 1947), Titular Bishop of Tigava (28 January 1935  – 16 December 1947)
 * Jean Ghislain Delcuve, OFMCap (10 June 1948 – 13 November 1958), Titular Bishop of Bargylia
 * Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap (13 November 1958 – 10 November 1959), Titular Bishop of Fessei (13 November 1958  – 10 November 1959)


 * Bishops of Molegbe
 * Léon Théobald Delaere, OFMCap (10 November 1959 – 3 August 1967), later Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (3 August 1967  – 14 September 1976)
 * Apostolic Administrator Louis Nganga a Ndzando (1967 – 5 September 1968), Bishop of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (25 November 1964 – 6 July 1997)
 * Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu (5 September 1968 – 18 October 1997)
 * Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, CICM (27 June 1998 – 23 May 2007)
 * Dominique Bulamatari (24 November 2009 - 1 August 2023)

Source and External links

 * GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
 * Catholic Hierarchy