Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Kongolo / Kongoloën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2007.03.31 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Kongolo (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe
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Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp.
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Vicars Apostolic of Kongolo (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp.
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Prefects Apostolic of Northern Katanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp.
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Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp.
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Area: 44,200 km²
Population: 298,247 Catholics (21.4% of 1,392,735 total) (2020)
Statistics: 18 parishes, 83 priests (81 diocesan, 2 religious), 53 lay religious (4 brothers, 49 sisters), 46 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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