Former dependency of Belgium in Central Africa; estimated area, 918,000 square miles. Formerly the Congo Free State founded by Leopold II, King of the Belgians , the colony was annexed by Belgium in 1908 . The natives practised a low form of fetichism, but missionary work was widespread. <\/p>\n
Archdioceses , past and present, include <\/p>\n
Brazzaville <\/p>\n
Bukavu <\/p>\n
Kananga <\/p>\n
Kinshasa <\/p>\n
Kisangani <\/p>\n
Lubumbashi <\/p>\n
Mbandaka-Bikoro <\/p>\n
Dioceses , past and present, include: <\/p>\n
Basankusu <\/p>\n
Bikoro <\/p>\n
Bokungu-Ikela <\/p>\n
Boma <\/p>\n
Bondo <\/p>\n
Budjala <\/p>\n
Bunia <\/p>\n
Buta <\/p>\n
Butembo-Beni <\/p>\n
Doruma-Dungu <\/p>\n
Goma <\/p>\n
Idiofa <\/p>\n
Inongo <\/p>\n
Isangi <\/p>\n
Isiro-Niangara <\/p>\n
Kabinda <\/p>\n
Kalemie-Kirungu <\/p>\n
Kamina <\/p>\n
Kasongo <\/p>\n
Kenge <\/p>\n
Kikwit <\/p>\n
Kilwa-Kasenga <\/p>\n
Kindu <\/p>\n
Kinkala <\/p>\n
Kisantu <\/p>\n
Kole <\/p>\n
Kolwezi <\/p>\n
Kongolo <\/p>\n
Lisala <\/p>\n
Lolo <\/p>\n
Luebo <\/p>\n
Luiza <\/p>\n
Mahagi-Nioka <\/p>\n
Manono <\/p>\n
Matadi <\/p>\n
Mbujimayi <\/p>\n
Molegbe <\/p>\n
Mweka <\/p>\n
Nkayi <\/p>\n
Ouesso <\/p>\n
Owando <\/p>\n
Pointe-Noire <\/p>\n
Popokabaka <\/p>\n
Sakania-Kipushi <\/p>\n
Tshumbe <\/p>\n
Uvira <\/p>\n
Wamba <\/p>\n
Prefectures Apostolic: <\/p>\n
Likouala <\/p>\n
See also: <\/p>\n
World Fact Book : Republic of the Congo <\/p>\n
World Fact Book : Democratic Republic of Congo <\/p>\n
patron saints index <\/p>\n
New Catholic Dictionary<\/p>\n
Congo, Belgian Former dependency of Belgium in Central Africa; estimated area, 918,000 square miles. Formerly the Congo Free State founded by Leopold II, King of the Belgians , the colony was annexed by Belgium in 1908 . The natives practised a low form of fetichism, but missionary work was widespread. Archdioceses , past and present, … Continue reading “Congo, Belgian”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}