Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo

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Diocese of Kongolo

Dioecesis Kongoloensis
Location
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanLubumbashi
Statistics
Area44,206 km2 (17,068 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
700,000
135,350 (19.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo (Latin: Kongoloën(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie (dedicated to Our Lady's Heart) in the city of Kongolo.

History[]

  • Established on June 30, 1911 as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
  • Promoted on June 18, 1935 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Katanga, hence entitled to a titular bishop
  • Renamed March 8, 1951 as Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo, after its see
  • Lost territory on 23 April 1956 to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu
  • Promoted on November 10, 1959 as Diocese of Kongolo, no longer missionary nor exempt
  • Lost territory on 10 March 1966 to the Diocese of Kabinda
  • Gained territory on 8 May 1971 from the Diocese of Baudouinville (now Kalemie–Kirungu)
  • Lost territory on 31 May 1971 to establish the Diocese of Manono

Bishops[]

(all Roman rite)

Ordinaries[]

(So far all but one are members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.).)

Apostolic Prefects of Northern Katanga
  • Fr. , C.S.Sp. (1912 – 1922)
  • Fr. , C.S.Sp. (1922 – 1930)
  • Fr. Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp. (1931.02.19 – 1935.06.18 see below)
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Katanga
  • Bishop , C.S.Sp. (see above 1935.06.18 – 1949), Titular Bishop of Pertusa (1935.06.18 – 1957.09.29)
  • Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (1950.05.31 – 1951.03.08 see below), Titular Bishop of Cremna (1950.05.31 – 1959.11.10)
Apostolic Vicars of Kongolo
  • Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (see above 1951.03.08 – 1959.11.10 see below)
Bishops of Kongolo
  • Bishop , C.S.Sp. (see above 1959.11.10 – 1970.09.01), afterward Titular Bishop of Zama minor (1970.09.01 – 1971.03.04)
  • Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe (1971.01.16 – 2007.03.31)
  • Bishop , (C.S.Sp.) (2007.03.31 - ...), also Apostolic Administrator of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.09.15 – 2015.03.31)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Manono in 2005
  • , appointed Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga in 2005

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources and external links[]

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