Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo (Latin: Lueboën(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Diocese of Luebo

Dioecesis Lueboensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanKananga
Statistics
Area32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2002)
2,000,000
1,200,000 (60.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba
Bishops emeritusEmery Kabongo Kanundowi

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (dedicated to John the Baptist), and it has a former cathedral: Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur (dedicated to the Sacred Heart), also in the city of Luebo.

History

  • Established on April 25, 1959 as Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
  • November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Luebo
  • On 26 September 1967, it gained territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of Luebo
  • Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (1959.04.25 – 1959.11.10 see below), Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1959.04.25 – 1959.11.10)
Suffragan Bishops of Luebo
  • Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (see above 1959.11.10 – 1966.05.03), also Apostolic Administrator of the then Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963 – 1966.05.03), promoted Bishop of the same Mbujimayi (1966.05.03 – 1991)
  • François Kabangu wa Mutela (1967.09.26 – 1987.12.10)
  • Archbishop (personal title) Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (1987.12.10 – 2003.08.14), also Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988 – 1989.01.19); previously 1982- 10 December 1987 Second private Secretary of Saint Pope John Paul II (first African on such post)
  • Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (2006.01.07 - ... )

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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