Diocese of Moundou, Chad 🇹🇩

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Moundou / Munduen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: N’Djaména

Neighbouring Dioceses: Garoua (←), Pala (↖), Laï (↑), Doba (→), Goré (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1951.05.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Moundou / Munduen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy and Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua)
1959.02.19: Promoted as Diocese of Moundou / Munduen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bangui)
1961.12.22: Became suffragan of Fort-Lamy
1989.03.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Doba
1998.11.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Goré and Diocese of Laï

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.01)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.06.03 – ...):

Bishop Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga (67)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chad

Ordinaries

Bishops of Moundou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga (67)
(2004.06.03 – ...)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chad

Le mystère de la foi

Born:	1958 (Donia, Chad)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.12

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Chad (? – ...)

Priest of Doba (Chad) (1989.11.18 – 2004.06.03)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad) (2004.06.03 – ...)

Bishop Michele Russo, M.C.C.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.12.07 – 2004.06.03)

Bishop Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi (later Archbishop)
(1990.06.11 – 2003.07.31)

Born:	1942 (Bedaya, Chad)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.04.12
Died:	2013.11.19 (Colombier-Saugnieu, France † 70)

Titular Bishop of Thuburnica (1985.10.28 – 1987.03.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sarh (Chad) (1985.10.28 – 1987.03.07)

Bishop of Sarh (Chad) (1987.03.07 – 1990.06.11)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad) (1990.06.11 – 2003.07.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of N’Djaména (Chad) (2003.07.31 – 2013.11.19)

Bishop Gabriel Balet (Régis), O.F.M. Cap.
(1985.03.09 – 1989.09.18)

Born:	1930.02.10 (Grimisuat, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.05.12
Died:	1989.09.18 († 59)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad) (1985.03.09 – 1989.09.18)

Bishop Joseph Marie Régis Belzile, O.F.M. Cap.
(1974.12.19 – 1985.03.09)

Quod Dei Deo

Born:	1931.03.13 (Amqui, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1961.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.06
Died:	2018.09.04 (Montréal, QC, Canada † 87)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad) (1974.12.19 – 1985.03.09)

Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap.
(1959.12.19 – 1974.12.19)

Born:	1915.01.04 (Saint-Pierre-de-l’Isle, France)
Ordained Priest:	1938.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.04.28
Died:	2010.08.20 († 95)

Bishop of Moundou (Chad) (1959.12.19 – 1974.12.19)

Prefects Apostolic of Moundou (Roman Rite)

Fr. Clément Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap.
(1952 – 1959)

Born:	(France)
Died:	1959

Prefect Apostolic of Moundou (Chad) (1952 – 1959)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Moundou, Logone Occidental
Former Cathedral: Ancienne Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Moundou, Logone Occidental

Garoua (←), Pala (↖), Laï (↑), Doba (→), Goré (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,695 km²

Population: 301,000 Catholics (27.2% of 1,106,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 44 priests (31 diocesan, 13 religious), 70 religious (15 brothers, 55 sisters), 22 seminarians