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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamina

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Metropolitan
  
Lubumbashi

Pope
  
Francis

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
73,479 km²

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2003) 746,223 199,916 (26.8%)

Bishop
  
Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamina (Latin: Kainaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kamina in the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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History

  • July 18, 1922: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua and Central Katanga from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai and Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga
  • February 26, 1934: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua and Central Katanga
  • July 8, 1948: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua
  • November 10, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Kamina

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Kamina (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba (since 1990.01.22)
  • Bishop Barthélémy Malunga (1971.03.11 – 1990.01.22)
  • Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. (1959.11.10 – 1971.03.11)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Lulua (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M. (1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)
  • Bishop Camillo Paolo A. Stappers, O.F.M. (1934.02.26 – 1949)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Lulua and Central Katanga (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Camillo Paolo A. Stappers, O.F.M. (1922 – 1934.02.26)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamina Wikipedia
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