Ubanghi, Prefecture Apostolic of Belgian, in Belgian Congo, separated on 7 April, 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 Itimbri (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 Gérard-Montes was appointed first prefect Apostolic, 11 July, 1911.
Acta Apostolico Sedis (Rome, 1911).
A. A. Macerlean.