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Apostolic Nunciature: Democratic Republic of Congo Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (56)

Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo (CENCO) Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (63)

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International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap. (66)

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Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception

Saints: 8 Blesseds

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Kinshasa

Area: 2,267,048 km2

Population: 83,301,151

Former Name: Zaïre, Belgian Congo

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Angola Angola, ← Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville, ↑ Central African Republic Central African Republic, ↗ South Sudan South Sudan, ↗ Uganda Uganda, → Rwanda Rwanda, → Burundi Burundi, → Tanzania Tanzania, ↘ Zambia Zambia

Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%

Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Ethnic Groups: over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) - make up about 45% of the population

Motto: Justice – Paix – Travail (French) (Justice, Peace, Work)

Area: 2,344,858 km2

Catholic Population: 54,887,000 Catholics (48.7% of 112,591,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,683 parishes, 8,126 mission stations (22 with resident priest, 8,104 without resident priest), 358 other centres

Clergy: 67 bishops (44 diocesan, 23 titular), 6,609 priests (4,515 diocesan, 2,094 religious), 13 permanent deacons (11 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 12,282 religious (1,390 brothers, 10,892 sisters), 139 members of secular institutes (5 brothers, 134 sisters), 4,156 major seminarians, 96 missionaries, 65,566 catechists