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Diocese of

Tshumbe

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tshumbe / Tshumbeen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kananga

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.11 – ...):Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (60)Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (60)Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (60)
(2022.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1963.01.22 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1990.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:2020.10.10

Titular Bishop of Œscus (2020.06.29 – 2022.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.06.29 – 2022.06.11)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (2022.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola (78)Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola (78)
(1997.05.20 – 2022.06.11)

Bishop emeritus of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1944.07.03 (Lushimapenge, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1972.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:1997.11.09

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.05.20 – 2022.06.11)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2002 – 2007.07)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2008 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu
(1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:1928.08.12 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1968.09.15
Died:1997.01.09 († 68)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1975 – 1979)

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.
(1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09)

Crucifixus salvet

Born:1894.04.15 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1921.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:1947.05.01
Died:1976.04.20 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936 – 1947.03.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1947.03.13 – 1959.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Caffa (1947.03.23 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (1968.04.09 – 1976.04.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.
(1947.03.13 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (later Bishop)
(1936 – 1947.03.13)

(see above)

Statistics

Area: 60,000 km²

Population: 462,000 Catholics (29.0% of 1,592,170 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 4 missions, 88 priests (83 diocesan, 5 religious), 265 lay religious (32 brothers, 233 sisters), 47 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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