Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu, Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kalemie–Kirungu / Kalemien(sis)–Kirunguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.01.11: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo (français) / Upper Congo (English) / Congo Superiore (Italiano) / Congi Superioris (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika)
1929.12.26: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu
1939.07.11: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville / Balduinopolitan(us) (Latin)
1952.01.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kasongo
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Baudouinville / Balduinopolitan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Elisabethville)
1971.04.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Manono
1971.05.08: Lost territory to Diocese of Kongolo
1972.08.22: Renamed as Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu / Kalemien(sis)–Kirunguen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.31 – ...):

Bishop Jean-Christophe Amade Aloma, M. Afr. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kalemie–Kirungu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Christophe Amade Aloma, M. Afr. (64)
(2015.03.31 – ...)

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa)

Pro Christo in lætitia

Born:	1961.01.18 (Mune, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1990.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.06.07

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (2015.03.31 – ...)

Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, C.S.Sp. (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.09.15 – 2015.03.31)

Bishop Dominique Kimpinde Amando
(1989.03.31 – 2010.09.15)

Born:	1933.08.14 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04
Died:	2017.01.22 († 83)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1980.03.28 – 1989.03.31)

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.03.31 – 2010.09.15)

Bishop André Ilunga Kaseba
(1979.04.09 – 1988.08.21)

Born:	1930.07.18 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.01
Died:	1988.08.21 († 58)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1975.12.19 – 1979.04.09)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1979 – 1984)

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1979.04.09 – 1988.08.21)

Bishop Ioseph Mulolwa Songolo
(1972.08.22 – 1978.11.11)

Born:	1917.03.18 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1946.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.04.09
Died:	1979.07.21 († 62)

Bishop of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.09.29 – 1972.08.22)

Bishop of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.08.22 – 1978.11.11)

Bishops of Baudouinville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ioseph Mulolwa Songolo
(1966.09.29 – 1972.08.22)

(see above)

Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr.
(1959.11.10 – 1966.09.29)

Born:	1894.02.15
Ordained Priest:	1922.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	1985.01.31 († 90)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1939.07.11 – 1941.09.22)

Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Numidia (1939.07.11 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1941.09.22 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1966.09.29)

Titular Bishop of Catabum castra (1966.09.29 – 1971.01.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Baudouinville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr.
(1941.09.22 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr.
(1939.07.11 – 1941.09.22)

Born:	1858.07.21 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1884.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.05.10
Died:	1947.08.05 († 89)

Vicar Apostolic of Haut-Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1895.03.30 – 1939.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Girba (1895.03.30 – 1947.08.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Baudouinville (Congo-Kinshasa) (1939.07.11 – 1941.09.22)

Vicars Apostolic of Haut-Congo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Roelens, M. Afr.
(1895.03.30 – 1939.07.11)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Urbain Etienne Morlion, M. Afr. (1939.07.11 – 1941.09.22)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Augustin-Léopold Huys, M. Afr. (1909.03.16 – 1938.10.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Kirungu, Tanganyika
Pro-Cathedral: Pro-cathédrale Christ-Roi, Kalemie, Tanganyika

Kilwa–Kasenga (↙), Manono (←), Kongolo (↖), Kasongo (↖), Uvira (↑), Kasama (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 72,287 km²

Population: 986,300 Catholics (59.4% of 1,660,345 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 100 priests (97 diocesan, 3 religious), 53 religious (3 brothers, 50 sisters), 46 seminarians