Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (Latin: Lubumbashien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History

• 1910.08.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
• 1932.03.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga
• 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville
• 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Lubumbashi.

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Latin Rite)
  • Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (since 1998.05.22)
  • Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)
  • Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)
• Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite)
  • Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)
  • Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1958.02.06)

Suffragan dioceses

• Kalemie–Kirungu
• Kamina
• Kilwa–Kasenga
• Kolwezi
• Kongolo
• Manono
• Sakania–Kipushi

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information