Kirungu is a town located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Tanganyika District. It is inland from Moba port, the administrative center of Moba Territory. Kirungu was formerly called Baudouinville (or Boudewijnstad in Dutch), and was the site of a White Fathers mission founded in 1893 by Father Victor Roelens.The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu is based in Kirunga and Kalemie, 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the north.