Diocese of Tshumbe
| Diocese of Tshumbe | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kananga |
| Diocesan bishop | Nicolas Djomo Lola |
| Vicar General | Albert Hiombo-Nguwa |
| founding | 1936 |
| surface | 60,000 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 866,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 426,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 49.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 76 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,259 |
| Friars | 32 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 197 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| Website | http://diocese-tshumbe-ste.marie.over-blog.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe ( lat. : Dioecesis Tshumbeensis ) is in the Democratic Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Tshumbe .
history
The diocese of Tshumbe was on May 25, 1936 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad evangelici from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Kasaï Superiore as the Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe . The Apostolic Prefecture Tshumbe was on March 14, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the apostolic vicariate . On November 10, 1959, the Apostolic Vicariate Tshumbe by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum raised to the diocese.
The diocese of Tshumbe is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kananga as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Tshumbe
- Joseph Augustin Hagendorens CP , 1947–1959
Bishops of Tshumbe
- Joseph Augustin Hagendorens CP, 1959–1968
- Albert Tshomba Yungu , 1968-1995
- Nicolas Djomo Lola , since 1997