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

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 Luapula Supérieur (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.

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

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Latin Rite)

Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (since 1998.05.22)

Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)

Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)

Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite)

Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1958.02.06)

Kamina

Sakania–Kipushi

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