Roman Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe

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

Diocese of Tshumbe Dioecesis Tshumbeensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Kananga
Statistics
Area	60,000 km^2 (23,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 683,288 331,353 (48.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nicolas Djomo Lola

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Sainte-Marie in the city of Tshumbe in Kasai-Oriental.

History

• May 25, 1936: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai
• March 14, 1947: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tshumbe, hence entitled to a titular bishop
• Lost territory on 14 June 1951: to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kole
• November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Tshumbe

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, Passionists (C.P.) (1936 – 1947.03.13 see below)

Apostolic Vicar of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (see above 1947.03.23 – 1959.11.10 see below), Titular Bishop of Caffa (1947.03.23 – 1959.11.10)

Suffragan Bishops of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (see above 1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09), later Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (1968.04.09 – death 1976.04.20)
• Albert Tshomba Yungu (1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22); also President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1975 – 1979)
• Nicolas Djomo Lola (1997.05.20 - ); also President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2002 – 2007.07), President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2008 – ...).

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source and External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy