Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahagi–Nioka

The Diocese of Mahagi - Nioka (Latin: Dioecesis Mahagiensis - Niokaensis ) is a location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Roman Catholic diocese based in Mahagi.

History

The Diocese of Mahagi - Nioka on July 2, 1962, when Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Quod Venerabiles of cessions of territory of the Diocese of Bunia as Diocese of Mahagi. The Diocese of Mahagi was renamed on October 30, 1967 in the diocese of Mahagi - Nioka.

The Diocese of Mahagi - Nioka is the Archdiocese of Kisangani is a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mahagi

  • Thomas ThoWa Cuba, 1962-1967

Bishops of Mahagi - Nioka

  • Thomas ThoWa Cuba, 1967-1979
  • Alphonse -Marie Runiga Musanganya, 1980-2001
  • Marcel Utembi Tapa, 2001-2008, then Archbishop of Kisangani
  • Sosthène Ayikuli Udjuwa, since 2010
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