Mokoto
Location
Official Name Monastere N.-D. des Mokoto
N° 68
Country R. D. du Congo
City Gisenyi (RWANDA)
Address B.P. 467
Contact Information
Telephone [243] 89 60 53 288
Telephone 2 [243] 82 29 09 323
Community Email [email protected]
Superior Dom Védaste Vitchomo, Prieur 2002, Abbé 2023
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Gomaensis (Goma)
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 1954
Origins
Founded by Scourmont in 1954; raised to the rank of priory 1988; raised to the rank of abbey in 2023.
History
1952: in 1952-1953 2 monks of Scourmont stayed in the area for three months to investigate the possibility of making a foundation. They chose Mungerrebero, a peninsula in Lake Kivu, but they were unable to obtain the necessary concession. Nevertheless, they had a small property which was enough to provide for the needs of the founders during this trial period.
1954: a property is purchased 200 km farther north on the shore of Lake Mokoto. The small community made its permanent residence there. The founders left for Congo Feb. 5. The first local novice was sent to Scourmont in December of the same year.
Father Immediate
Scourmont
Daughter Houses
Koutaba (Delegate of the Father Immediate since 2007) ;Grandselve (Delegate of the Father Immediate 2007-2022).
Past Superiors
Corneille HALFLANTS, Superior ?/02/1954 – ?/ ?/1967
Pie Bukasa, Superior 10/11-1966 – † 24/02/1967
Albert DERZELLE, Superior ?/ ?/1967 – 31/12/1981 (v.51)
François de Sales BERTHET, Superior ?/ ?/1982 – 18/04/1988 (v.12); Titular Prior 18/04/1988 -11/08/1994
Dhelo JIMANI, Titular Prior 11/08/1994 – 15/05/1998
Victor BOURDEAU, Sup. ad nutum 21/05/1998 – 20/07/2002
Transportation
Airport: Goma
