Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (Latin: Lubumbashien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History[]

Lubumbashi Cathedral
  • 1910.08.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga, on territory split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
  • 1922.07.18: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga (now its suffragan dioceses of Kamina and Kolwesi)
  • 1925.05.12: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Luapula (now its suffragan Sakania–Kipushi)
  • 1932.03.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga, still exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
  • 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville
  • 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
  • 1977.03.05: Lost territory to the suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese of Sakania–Kipushi
  • Enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in August 1985.

Special churches[]

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Lubumbashi.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries in reverse chronological order[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Latin Rite), below
    • Archbishop (2021.05.22 – ...)
    • Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2010.12.01 – 2021.03.31)
    • Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (1998.05.22 – 2010.12.01)
    • Archbishop (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)
    • Archbishop , O.S.B. (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13); see below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below
    • Bishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10); see above
    • Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1932.03.15 – 1958.02.06); see below
  • Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below
    • Father Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1932.03.15); see above

Coadjutor archbishop[]

"Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2008-2010)

Suffragan dioceses[]

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources[]

Coordinates: 11°39′57″S 27°28′47″E / 11.6657°S 27.4798°E / -11.6657; 27.4798

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