Prefecture Apostolic of Belgian Ubanghi

Ubanghi, PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF BELGIAN, in Belgian Congo, separated on April 7, 1911, from the Vicariate of the Belgian Congo and entrusted to the Capuchins. Its boundaries are: west and north, the river Ubanghi from 1° 30′ N. lat. to the meeting of the Mbomu and the Uelle at Yakoma; east, a line drawn from that point towards the junction of the ltimbri (Rubi) and the Congo, as far as the southern limits of the village of Abumombasi; south, the parallel passing through Abumombasi, then the watersheds of the Ubanghi and the Congo, and of the Ubanghi and the Ngiri to 1° 30′ N. lat., and thence to the Ubanghi. R. P. Fulgence de Gerard-Montes was appointed first prefect Apostolic, July 11, 1911.

A. A. MACERLEAN