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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Lubumbashi

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Lubumbashi / Lubumbashien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kalemie–Kirungu, Kamina, Kilwa–Kasenga, Kolwezi, Kongolo, Manono, Sakania–Kipushi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.05.22 – ...):Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (60)Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (60)

Apostolic Administrator of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (60)Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (60)
(2021.05.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)
Apostolic Administrator of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1962.07.09 (Kongolo, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1990.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:2005.07.23

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.03.18 – 2021.05.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.12.03 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2021.05.22 – ...)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B.
(2010.12.01 – 2021.03.31)

Amour et miséricorde

Born:1942.07.25 (Panda-Likasi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1972.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:1993.01.31
Died:2021.03.31 (Pretoria, South Africa † 78)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1992.10.06 – 2002.06.10)

Bishop of Uvira (Congo-Kinshasa) (2002.06.10 – 2008.07.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2008.07.31 – 2010.12.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2010.12.01 – 2021.03.31)

Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa
(1998.05.22 – 2010.12.01)

Born:1937.08.29 (Kalasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1963.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:1974.08.24
Died:2020.12.31 (Lubumbashi, Congo-Kinshasa † 83)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.04.25 – 1998.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1998.05.22 – 2010.12.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001 – 2004.04.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.12.21 – 2004.04.07)

Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga
(1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)

Born:1932.08.19 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1961.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:1967.08.13
Died:2000.01.27 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Sakania (Congo-Kinshasa) (1973 – 1975.11.20)

Archbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B.
(1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)

Born:1910.10.06 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1958.12.27
Died:2001.12.20 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Tunes (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Capra (1967.04.13 – 1974.11.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (1974.11.13 – 1986.05.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B.
(1932.03.22 – 1958.02.06)

Born:1876.12.13 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1901.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:1932.07.24
Died:1958.02.06 († 81)

Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1910.08.06 – 1932.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Milevum (1932.03.22 – 1958.02.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1932.03.22 – 1958.02.06)

Prefects Apostolic of Katanga (Roman Rite)

Fr. Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (later Bishop)
(1910.08.06 – 1932.03.22)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

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Statistics

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)

History

Papal Visits

Last updated on 2023.01.27

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