Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic prefectures

Lolo, Apostolic Prefecture of

LOLO, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI

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LOLO, APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - In the Belgian Congo, entrusted to the Order of Premonstratensians (abbey of Tongerloo in Belgium), erected on 22 February 1937 in a small territory detached from the apostolic vicariate of Buta.

It has an area of 10,000 sq km, with 45,000 inhabitants, of whom 16,727 are Catholics. It has 77 churches, of which 3 are parishes, served by 16 regular priests; 2 communities of women religious, 77 schools; 9 charitable works (among them 2 hospitals) and associations of charity and of Catholic Action (Ann. Pontif., 1951, p. 715).

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: AAS, 29 (1937), pp. 295-96; MC, pp. 231-32; Archivio della S. C. de P. F., Prospectus Status Missiois, pos. prot. n. 3221/49.

Carlo Corvo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1489.

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Corvo, Carlo. “Lolo, prefettura apostolica di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1489. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lolo-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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Corvo, Carlo. “Lolo, prefettura apostolica di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1489. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lolo-prefettura-apostolica-di.

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  author    = {Corvo, Carlo},
  title     = {Lolo, prefettura apostolica di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1489},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lolo-prefettura-apostolica-di}
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