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Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo

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Metropolitan
  
Lubumbashi

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
44,206 km²

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Bishop
  
Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga

Country
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)700,000135,350 (19.3%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

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.

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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

    • Incumbents

    (all Roman rite; so far all members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.)

    Apostolic Prefects of Northern Katanga
  • Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp. (1922 – 1930)
  • Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp. (1912 – 1922)
  • Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp. (1931.02.19 – 1935.06.18 see below)
    • Apostolic Vicars of Northern Katanga
  • Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, 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 Gustave Joseph Bouve, 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 Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, (C.S.Sp.) (2007.03.31 - ...), also Apostolic Administrator of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.09.15 – 2015.03.31)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo Wikipedia
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