Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (Latin: Lubumbashien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

History
Lubumbashi Cathedral
  • 1910.08.05: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga, on territory split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
  • 1922.07.18: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga (now its suffragan dioceses of Kamina and Kolwesi)
  • 1925.05.12: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Luapula Supérieur (now its suffragan Sakania–Kipushi)
  • 1932.03.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga, still exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See
  • 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville
  • 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
  • 1977.03.05: Lost territory to the suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese of Sakania–Kipushi
  • Enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in August 1985.

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Lubumbashi.

Bishops

Ordinaries in reverse chronological order
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (Latin Rite), below
    • Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2010.12.01 - )
    • Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (1998.05.22 - 2010.12.01)
    • Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25)
    • Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13); see below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below
    • Bishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10); see above
    • Bishop Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1932.03.15 – 1958.02.06); see below
  • Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below
    • Father Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1932.03.15); see above

Coadjutor archbishop

"Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2008-2010)

Suffragan dioceses

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources

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