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591:4.2702°S 15.2739°E
442:Suffragan Dioceses
376:Barthélémy Batantu
335:Paul Joseph Biéchy
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136:Roman Rite
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150:Cathedral
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459:See also
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250:and the
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476:Sources
453:Kinkala
448:Gamboma
307:C.S.Sp.
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