Diocese of

Kamina

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kamina / Kainaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1922.07.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga (français) / Lulua and Central Katanga (English) / Lulua e Katanga Centrale (Italiano) / de Lulua et Katanga (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Kasaï Supérieur and Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga)
1927.04.07: Exchanged territory with Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga
1934.02.26: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua Katanga (français) / Lulua and Central Katanga (English) / Lulua e Katanga Centrale (Italiano) / de Lulua et Katanga (Latin)
1948.07.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Lulua / Luluæn(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Moero)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Kamina / Kainaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Elisabethville)
1966.03.10: Gained territory from Diocese of Kabinda
1971.03.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kolwezi
1974.01.12: Gained territory from Diocese of Kabinda

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.11 – ...):

Bishop Léonard Kakudji Muzinga (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kamina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Léonard Kakudji Muzinga (55)
(2023.11.11 – ...)

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1970.03.13 (Kalemie, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	2005.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.02

Priest of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2005.07.31 – 2023.11.11)

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (2023.11.11 – ...)

Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.12.03 – 2023.11.11)

Bishop Jean-Anatole Kalala Kaseba (78)
(1990.01.22 – 2020.12.03)

Bishop emeritus of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa)

La foi vient avec amour

Born:	1947.01.25 (Muala, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1976.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.01.22 – 2020.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (2004 – 2005.03.18)

Bishop Barthélémy Malunga
(1971.03.11 – 1990.01.22)

Born:	1912 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1946.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.11.29
Died:	1995.03.15 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Thuburnica (1969.07.24 – 1971.03.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (1969.07.24 – 1971.03.11)

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971.03.11 – 1990.01.22)

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M.
(1959.11.10 – 1971.03.11)

Born:	1902.12.15 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1928.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.09.21
Died:	1981.10.11 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Acmonia (1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa) (1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1971.03.11)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971.03.11 – 1974.04.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Lulua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M.
(1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M.
(1934.02.26 – 1949)

Born:	1885.06.22
Ordained Priest:	1912.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.06.09
Died:	1964.01.13 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Lulua Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1922 – 1934.02.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa) (1934.02.26 – 1949)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1934.02.26 – 1964.01.13)

Prefects Apostolic of Lulua Katanga (Roman Rite)

Fr. Camille-Paul Stappers, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1922 – 1934.02.26)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Barthélémy Malunga (1969.07.24 – 1971.03.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant-Jésus, Kamina, Haut-Lomami

Tshilomba (↖), Mbujimayi (↖), Kabinda (↑), Kongolo (↗), Manono (↗), Kilwa–Kasenga (→), Lubumbashi (↘), Kolwezi (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 73,479 km²

Population: 548,000 Catholics (22.8% of 2,405,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes

Personnel: 84 priests (71 diocesan, 13 religious), 86 religious (14 brothers, 72 sisters), 50 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.17

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