As per 2015, it pastorally served 646,000 Catholics (52.4% of 1,232,000 total population) on 95,000 km² in 34 parishes with 87 priests (56 diocesan, 31 religious), 238 lay religious (82 brothers, 156 sisters) and 42 seminarians.
28 January 1926: Renamed after its see as Apostolic Prefecture of Coquilhatstad=Coquilhatville, having gained more territory from the above Apostolic Vicariate of Nouvelle-Anvers
3 January 1931: Lost territory to establish the
Mission sui juris of Bikoro (later a diocese, now merged-in with its title)
30 May 1966: Renamed with its see as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka
12 April 1975: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mbandaka–Bikoro, having gained territory from the suppressed
Diocese of Bikoro whose title was merged in
Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. (born Belgium) (10 April 1947 – 10 November 1959 see below), Titular Bishop of
Gibba (10 April 1947 – 10 November 1959)
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (12 November 2016 – 6 February 2018), also Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (24 June 2016 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of
Diocese of Bokungu–Ikela (Congo-Kinshasa) (12 November 2016 – 6 February 2018); previously Bishop of above Bokungu–Ikela (22 November 2004 – 12 November 2016), also Apostolic Administrator of
Diocese of Kole (Congo-Kinshasa) (30 October 2008 – 6 May 2015), Apostolic Administrator of Mbandaka–Bikoro (5 March 2016 – succession 12 November 2016); next Coadjutor Archbishop of
Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (6 February 2018 – 1 November 2018), Archbishop of Kinshasa (1 November 2018 - ...); created Cardinal-Priest of San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa (5 October 2019)
Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, C.I.C.M. (23 November 2019 – present);[1] previously, Bishop of Lisala (11 February 2015 – 23 November 2019)