Diocese of

Tshumbe

Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tshumbe / Tshumbeen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kananga

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kananga (↙), Mweka (←), Kole (←), Kindu (→), Kabinda (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.11 – ...):Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (63)Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (63)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (63)Bishop Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (63)
(2022.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:1963.01.22 (Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1990.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:2020.10.10

Priest of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (1990.08.01 – 2020.06.29)

Titular Bishop of Œscus (2020.06.29 – 2022.06.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (Congo-Kinshasa) (2020.06.29 – 2022.06.11)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (2022.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola (82)Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola (82)
(1997.05.20 – 2022.06.11)

Bishop emeritus of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa)

Ut unum sint

Born:1944.07.03 (Lushimapenge, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1972.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:1997.11.09

Priest of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1972.08.20 – 1997.05.20)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1997.05.20 – 2022.06.11)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2002 – 2007.07)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2008 – 2016.06.24)

Bishop Albert Tshomba Yungu
(1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:1928.08.12 (Lodja, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1968.09.15
Died:1997.01.09 († 68)

Priest of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1957.12.20 – 1968.04.09)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1968.04.09 – 1995.07.22)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1975 – 1979)

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.
(1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09)

Crucifixus salvet

Born:1894.04.15 (Mariekerke sur Escaut, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1921.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:1947.05.01
Died:1976.04.20 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1936 – 1947.03.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1947.03.13 – 1959.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Caffa (1947.03.23 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Tshumbe (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1968.04.09)

Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (1968.04.09 – 1976.04.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P.
(1947.03.13 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Tshumbe (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (later Bishop)
(1936 – 1947.03.13)

(see above)

Special Churches

Kananga (↙), Mweka (←), Kole (←), Kindu (→), Kabinda (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 km²

Population: 494,000 Catholics (29.0% of 1,702,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 99 priests (95 diocesan, 4 religious), 291 religious (27 brothers, 264 sisters), 62 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2026.07.14

© 2026 GCatholic.org

Up