Diocese of

Luebo

Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Luebo / Lueboën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kananga

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.04.25: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo / Lueboën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Luebo / Lueboën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Luluabourg)
1967.09.26: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.01.07 – ...):

Bishop Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luebo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (68)
(2006.01.07 – ...)

Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1956.02.23 (Kolwezi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1982.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.26

Priest of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1982.08.22 – 2006.01.07)

Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (2006.01.07 – ...)

Archbishop Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (84)
(1987.12.10 – 2003.08.14)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1940.07.22 (Bena-Kazadi-Tshikula, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1969.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.06

Priest of Kananga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1969.08.15 – 1987.12.10)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1976.02.09 – 1987.12.10)

Second Private Secretary of the Pope (1982.02.11 – 1987.12.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1987.12.10 – 2003.08.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988 – 1989.01.19)

Bishop François Kabangu wa Mutela
(1967.09.26 – 1987.12.10)

Born:	1924.06.01 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.12.17
Died:	1995.05.27 († 70)

Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1967.09.26 – 1987.12.10)

Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo
(1959.11.10 – 1966.05.03)

Born:	1916.06.17 (Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1946.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.07.01
Died:	1999.10.12 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1959.04.25 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.04.25 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Luebo (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1966.05.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963 – 1966.05.03)

Bishop of Mbujimayi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1966.05.03 – 1991)

Vicars Apostolic of Luebo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo
(1959.04.25 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Luebo, Kasaï
Former Cathedral: Ancienne Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Luebo, Kasaï

Kikwit (↙), Idiofa (←), Mweka (↑), Kananga (→), Luiza (↘), Dundo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 32,000 km²

Population: 1,653,000 Catholics (60.4% of 2,735,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 48 priests (34 diocesan, 14 religious), 134 religious (23 brothers, 111 sisters), 39 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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