Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo

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Diocese of Luebo

Dioecesis Lueboensis
Location
CountryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MetropolitanKananga
Statistics
Area32,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2002)
2,000,000
1,200,000 (60.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Bishops emeritus

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.

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
  • (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)
  • (1967.09.26 – 1987.12.10)
  • Archbishop (personal title) (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 Pope John Paul II (first African to hold such post)
  • Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (2006.01.07 - ... )

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources and external links[]

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