Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu
Kalemien(sis)-Kirunguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese on Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tracing to the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo erected on 11 January 1887 and renamed Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu on 22 August 1972. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 August 1972
- Latin
- Kalemien(sis)-Kirunguen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001784
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 562,200
- Population
- 980,000
- Catholic share
- 57.4%
- Priests
- 100
- Catholics per priest
- 5,622
- Extent
- 71,577 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.9
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Christophe Amade Aloma, M.Afr.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale Christ-Roi stands in Kalemie, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lubumbashi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LubumbashiLubumbashi
- Diocese of KaminaKamina
- Diocese of Kilwa-KasengaKilwa
- Diocese of KolweziKolwezi
- Diocese of KongoloKongolo
- Diocese of ManonoManono
- Diocese of Sakania-KipushiSakania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu (French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kalemie-Kirungu; Latin: Kalemien(sis)-Kirunguen(sis)) is a Roman Catholic jurisdiction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, seated at Kalemie-Kirungu and belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].