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Diocese of

Wamba

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisangani

History

  • 1949.03.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Wamba / Vambaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Stanley Falls)
  • 1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Wamba / Vambaën(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1996.11.08 – ...):Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (66)Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wamba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (66)Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (66)
(1996.11.08 – ...)

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1947.04.04 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1974.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:1997.06.14

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1996.11.08 – ...)

Bishop Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. (later Archbishop)
(1990.06.11 – 1995.12.06)

Je me suis fait tout a tous

Born:1942.11.04 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1969.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:1990.11.25
Died:2005.10.09 († 62)

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.06.11 – 1995.12.06)

Bishop of Isiro–Niangara (Congo-Kinshasa) (1995.12.06 – 2001.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.03.13 – 2005.10.09)

Bishop Gustave Olombe Atelumbu Musilamu
(1968.09.05 – 1990.06.11)

Born:1927.05.01 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1969.02.02
Died:2011.02.17 († 83)

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.09.05 – 1990.06.11)

Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I.
(1959.11.10 – 1964.11.26)

Born:1912.04.12
Ordained Priest:1937.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:1949.06.16
Died:1964.11.26 († 52)

Titular Bishop of Callipolis (1949.03.10 – 1959.11.10)

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

Bishop of Wamba (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1964.11.26)

Vicars Apostolic of Wamba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I.
(1949.03.10 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

as of 2013.10.31

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