Diocese of Luebo
Diocese of Luebo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kananga |
Diocesan bishop | Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Emery Kabongo Kanundowi |
founding | 1959 |
surface | 32,000 km² |
Parishes | 21 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 2,016,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 1,060,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 52.6% |
Diocesan priest | 36 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 23,043 |
Friars | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 117 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo ( lat. : Dioecesis Lueboensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Luebo .
history
The Diocese of Luebo was on April 25, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Secus ac terrestria from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Luluabourg as Apostolic Vicariate Luebo . On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Luebo was by John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum raised to the diocese.
The Diocese of Luebo is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kananga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Luebo
- Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo , 1959
Bishops of Luebo
- Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo, 1959–1966, then Bishop of Mbujimayi
- François Kabangu wa Mutela , 1967–1987
- Emery Kabongo Kanundowi , 1987-2003
- Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba , since 2006
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Secus ac terrestria , AAS 51 (1959), n.14-15, pp. 796ff.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum parvulum , AAS 52 (1960), n.6, p. 372ff.