Diocese of Luebo

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Diocese of Luebo
Basic data
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

Bishops of Luebo

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Secus ac terrestria , AAS 51 (1959), n.14-15, pp. 796ff.
  2. Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum parvulum , AAS 52 (1960), n.6, p. 372ff.