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The Anglican dioceses of the Congo are the Anglican presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Republic of the Congo (aka Congo-Brazzaville); together they form the Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo. The Anglican churches of the area were under the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury until 1965, when the Province of Uganda and Ruanda-Urundi (later of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaire) was created; The Congo was then part of the Province of Rwanda, Burundi, and Boga-Zaire from 1980 until its own church province was erected in 1992.

Diocese of Boga
Until 1972, approximately the northern half of Zaire was in the Diocese of Ruwenzori; English priest Philip Ridsdale was Archdeacon of Boga in that diocese, 1961–1964. The first Congo diocese, the Diocese of Boga-Zaire was inaugurated on 9 July 1972 with the consecration of Ridsdale as her first bishop; the diocese covered all northern Zaire and came to have three archdeaconries: in Boga, Beni, and Kisangani. After the first division, to erect Bukavu diocese, Boga-Zaire retained Boga, Bunia, Irumu and Kisangani. The diocese's name has since been changed to the Diocese of Boga — probably around 1997 when the country's name changed.

Bishops of Boga

 * 1972 – 1980 (ret.): Philip Ridsdale (previously Archdeacon in Rwenzori)
 * August 1975 – 1976: Bezeleri Ndahura, Assistant Bishop (became first diocesan Bishop of Bukavu)
 * 1980 – 2006 (ret.): Patrice Njojo (Primate of Zaire 1992–1997, of the Congo 1997–2003)
 * 2007 – 2009: Henri Isingoma (previously Bishop of Katanga; became Primate and Bishop of Kinshasa)
 * 22 August 2010 – present: William Bahemuka Mugenyi

Diocese of Bukavu
In 1976, Boga diocese was split for the first time, creating the second Congolese diocese. The new Diocese of Bukavu comprised the Provinces of Kivu and Katanga (including Beni, Butembo, Goma, Bukavu, Kindu and the region of Shaba).

Bishops of Bukavu

 * 1976 – ?: Bezeleri Ndahura
 * 1980 – 1986: Emmanuel Kolini Mbona, assistant bishop for Lubumbashi area (became first diocesan Bishop of Katanga)
 * 1982 – 2003: Fidèle Dirokpa Balufuga (became Primate and Bishop of Kinshasa)
 * before 2016 – present: Sylvestre Bahati

Diocese of Kisangani
Erected 1980, from Boga-Zaire diocese.

Bishops of Kisangani

 * before 1998 – 6 October 2000 (d.): Sylvestre Tibafa Mugera
 * 1997–1999 (d.): Antoine Mavatikwa Kany, assistant bishop in Kinshasa
 * 2000/1 – present: Lambert Funga Botolome

Diocese of Katanga
Split from Bukavu in 1986, the diocese was originally called Shaba.

Bishops of Katanga

 * 1986 – 1997: Kolini Mbona, Bishop of Shaba (previously assistant Bishop of Bukavu; became Bishop of Kigali, and later Primate of Rwanda 1998–January 2011)
 * 1997 – 2007: Henri Isingoma (called Bishop of Shaba in 1998 but called Bishop of Katanga by 2000; became Bishop of Boga)
 * in 2016: Corneille Kasima Muno
 * incumbent: Bertin Subi
 * Lawrence Elisha Tendwa, Assistant Bishop for Kalemie


 * Diocese of Nord-Kivu (or North Kivu; 1992 from Bukavu)
 * Diocese of Kindu (1997 from Bukavu)
 * Diocese of Kinshasa (December 2003)
 * Diocese of Aru (13 November 2005)
 * Diocese of Kasai since 2012 (or Mbuji-Mayi til 2012, 30 January 2011)
 * Diocese of Kamango (31 January 2016 from NK)
 * Diocese of Goma (20 November 2016) Desiré Mukanirwa still in post https://www.congochurchassn.org.uk/documents/newsletters/cca_newsletter_2016_10.pdf
 * Diocese of Brazzaville (19 March 2017; from Kinshasa)
 * Diocese of Beni (12 May 2019, from Nord Kivu)