Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi {Latin: "Lubumbashien(sis)"} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
History
* 1910.08.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
* 1932.03.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga
* 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville
* 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
pecial Churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Lubumbashi.
Leadership
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (since 1998.05.22)
** Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)
** Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)
*Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Roman rite)
** Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)
** Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1958.02.06)
uffragan Dioceses
* Kalemie–Kirungu
* Kamina
* Kilwa–Kasenga
* Kolwezi
* Kongolo
* Manono
* Sakania–Kipushi
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/lubu0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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