Roman Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni

History

• April 9, 1934: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Beni in Belgian Congo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls
• February 9, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Beni in Belgian Congo
• November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Beni in Congo
• July 7, 1960: Renamed as Diocese of Beni
• February 7, 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Butembo-Beni

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Bishops of Butembo-Beni
• * Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku
• * Bishop Emmanuel Kataliko, appointed Archbishop of Bukavu
• Bishop of Beni
• * Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. ; see below
• Bishop of Beni in Congo
• * Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. ; see above & below
• Vicar Apostolic of Beni in Belgian Congo
• * Bishop Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. ; see above & below
• Ecclesiastical Superior of Beni in Belgian Congo
• * Father Henri Joseph Marius Piérard, A.A. ; see above

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A., appointed Bishop of Wamba in 1990