Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Lubumbashi / Lubumbashien(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Kalemie–Kirungu, Kamina, Kilwa–Kasenga, Kolwezi, Kongolo, Manono, Sakania–Kipushi
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.05.22 – ...): | ![]() Apostolic Administrator of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B.
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Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa
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Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga
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Archbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B.
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Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B.
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Prefects Apostolic of Katanga (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (later Bishop) (see above) |
Area: 61,828 km²
Population: 1,931,360 Catholics (55.0% of 3,510,720 total) (2017)
Statistics: 75 parishes, 41 missions, 367 priests (171 diocesan, 196 religious), 821 lay religious (356 brothers, 465 sisters), 90 seminarians (2017)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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