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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kananga

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Kabinda, Kole, Luebo, Luiza, Mbujimayi, Mweka, Tshumbe

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History

  • 1904.03.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Kasai / Kasaï Superiore (Italiano) / de Kassai Superiore (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville)
  • 1917.06.13: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai / Kasaï Superiore (Italiano) / de Kassai Superiore (Latin)
  • 1922.07.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua and Central Katanga
  • 1936.05.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe
  • 1937.04.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu
  • 1949.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg / Luluaburgen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1953.03.24: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kabinda and Apostolic Prefecture of Mweka
  • 1959.04.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo
  • 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg / Luluaburgen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1963: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi
  • 1967.09.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Luiza
  • 1972.06.14: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga / Kanangan(us) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006.12.09 – ...):Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka (58)Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka (58)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kananga (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka (58)Archbishop Marcel Madila Basanguka (58)
(2006.12.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1955.05.17 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1981.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:2004.05.29

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (2004.02.27 – 2006.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (2004.02.27 – 2006.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (2006.12.09 – ...)

Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. (83)Archbishop Godefroid Mukeng’a Kalond, C.I.C.M. (83)
(1997.03.03 – 2006.05.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1930.08.31 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1958.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:1971.12.05

Bishop of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971.08.30 – 1997.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.03.03 – 2006.05.03)

Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga
(1972.06.14 – 1997.03.03)

Born:1920.04.24 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1953.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1966.09.18
Died:2000.02.03 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Sullectum (1966.06.21 – 1967.09.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.06.21 – 1967.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.26 – 1972.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.06.14 – 1997.03.03)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Luluabourg (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga
(1967.09.26 – 1972.06.14)

(see above)

Archbishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M.
(1959.11.10 – 1967.09.26)

Born:1908.11.28 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1933.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1949.05.17
Died:1992.11.01 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Belali (1949.03.10 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa) (1949.03.10 – 1959.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luluabourg (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.09.26)

Archbishop-Bishop of Luiza (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.26 – 1970.10.03)

Titular Archbishop of Pucheriopolis (1970.10.03 – 1986.05.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Luluabourg (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1949.03.10 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Georges-Firmin Demol, C.I.C.M.
(1938.10.29 – 1948.04.22)

Born:1885.06.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:1910.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:1937.07.26
Died:1969.07.02 († 84)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.01.23 – 1938.10.29)

Titular Bishop of Vescera (1936.01.27 – 1969.07.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Congo-Kinshasa) (1938.10.29 – 1948.04.22)

Bishop Auguste Declercq, C.I.C.M.
(1918.08.24 – 1938.10.29)

Born:1870.04.30 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1893.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1919.01.12
Died:1939.11.23 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Congo-Kinshasa) (1918.08.24 – 1938.10.29)

Titular Bishop of Thignica (1918.08.24 – 1939.11.23)

Bishop-elect Egidio de Boeck, C.I.C.M.
(1913 – 1921.01.04)

Born:1875.11.13
Ordained Priest:1900.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:1921.05.08
Died:1944.12.20 († 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Congo-Kinshasa) (1913 – 1921.01.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Nouvelle-Anvers (Congo-Kinshasa) (1921.01.04 – 1936.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Azotus (1921.03.10 – 1944.12.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Lisala (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936.01.27 – 1944.12.20)

Fr. Emerico Cambier, C.I.C.M.
(1904 – 1918)

Died:1918

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Kasai (Congo-Kinshasa) (1904 – 1918)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.10.31

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