Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu
| Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lubumbashi |
| Diocesan bishop | Christophe Amade MAfr |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 71,577 km² |
| Parishes | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,038,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 595,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 57.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 55 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,754 |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 77 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Christ-Roi |
The Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu ( lat. : Dioecesis Kalemiensis-Kirunguensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kalemie .
history
The diocese Kalemie-Kirungu was on January 11, 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Tanganyika as the Apostolic Vicariate Upper Congo . On July 11, 1939, the Apostolic Vicariate Upper Congo was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Baudouinville . The Apostolic Vicariate Baudouinville gave on January 10, 1952 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Kasongo .
On November 10, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Baudouinville was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi as a suffragan . The Diocese of Baudouinville gave on April 24, 1971 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Manono . On August 22, 1972, the Baudouinville diocese was renamed the Kalemie-Kirungu diocese .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Upper Congo
- Victor Roelens MAfr , 1895-1939
Vicars Apostolic of Baudouinville
- Victor Roelens MAfr, 1939-1941
- Urbain Etienne Morlion MAfr, 1941-1959
Bishops of Baudouinville
- Urbain Etienne Morlion MAfr, 1959-1966
- Joseph Mulolwa , 1966-1972
Bishops of Kalemie-Kirungu
- Joseph Mulolwa, 1972-1978
- André Ilunga Kaseba , 1979–1988
-
Dominique Kimpinde Amando , 1989-2010
- Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga CSSp , 2010–2015 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Christophe Amade MAfr , since 2015