Diocese of

Kilwa–Kasenga

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kilwa–Kasenga / Kilvaën(sis)–Kasengaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.17 – ...):Bishop Désiré Lenge Mukwenye (58)Bishop Désiré Lenge Mukwenye (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kilwa–Kasenga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Désiré Lenge Mukwenye (58)Bishop Désiré Lenge Mukwenye (58)
(2024.01.17 – ...)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1966.03.02 (Lwanza, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1994.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:2024.03.10

Priest of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1994.07.31 – 2024.01.17)

Bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (Congo-Kinshasa) (2024.01.17 – ...)

Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (62)Bishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (62) (later Archbishop)
(2005.03.18 – 2021.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa)
President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo

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

Priest of Kongolo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.08.05 – 2005.03.18)

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

Apostolic Administrator of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.12.03 – 2023.11.11)

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

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2024.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1992.10.06 – 2002.06.10)

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)

Bishop Dominique Kimpinde Amando
(1980.03.28 – 1989.03.31)

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
(1975.12.19 – 1979.04.09)

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)

Bishops of Kilwa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph-Alain Leroy, O.F.M.
(1962.08.24 – 1975.12.19)

Born:1920.02.03 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1943.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:1962.12.21
Died:1985.03.27 († 65)

Prefect Apostolic of Lac Moero (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962 – 1962.08.24)

Bishop of Kilwa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1962.08.24 – 1975.12.19)

Prefects Apostolic of Lac Moero (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph-Alain Leroy, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1962 – 1962.08.24)

(see above)

Fr. Jean-François Waterschoot, O.F.M.
(1948.11.19 – 1962)

Died:1962

Prefect Apostolic of Lac Moero (Congo-Kinshasa) (1948.11.19 – 1962)

Special Churches

Lubumbashi (↙), Kamina (←), Manono (↖), Kalemie–Kirungu (↗), Mansa (↘)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 54,000 km²

Population: 472,000 Catholics (52.4% of 901,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 39 priests (25 diocesan, 14 religious), 72 religious (25 brothers, 47 sisters), 23 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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