Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo

Diocese of Luebo Dioecesis Lueboensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Kananga
Statistics
Area	32,000 km^2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2002) 2,000,000 1,200,000 (60.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba
Bishops emeritus	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo (Latin: Lueboën(sis)) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (dedicated to John the Baptist), and it has a former cathedral: Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur (dedicated to the Sacred Heart), also in the city of Luebo.

History

• Established on 25 April 1959 as Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
• 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Luebo
• On 26 September 1967, it gained territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of Luebo

• Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (25 April 1959 – 10 November 1959 see below), Titular Bishop of Lebedus (25 April 1959 – 10 November 1959)

Suffragan Bishops of Luebo

• Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (see above 10 November 1959 – 3 May 1966), also Apostolic Administrator of the then Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963 – 3 May 1966), promoted Bishop of the same Mbujimayi (3 May 1966 – 1991)
• François Kabangu wa Mutela (26 September 1967 – 10 December 1987)
• Archbishop (personal title) Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (10 December 1987 – 14 August 2003), also Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988 – 19 January 1989); previously Second private Secretary of Pope John Paul II (1982- 10 December 1987 ) (first African to hold such post)
• Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (7 January 2006 - ... )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy