Archdiocese of Kananga
Kanangan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, founded as a mission sui iuris in 1901, raised to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg on 10 November 1959, and renamed Kananga on 14 June 1972. Its historic cathedral, Cathedrale Saint-Joseph at Mikalayi, is complemented by the Pro-cathedrale Saint-Clement in Kananga city. Suffragans: Kabinda, Kole, Luebo, Luiza, Mbujimayi, Mweka, Tshilomba, and Tshumbe.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 June 1972
- Latin
- Kanangan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001796
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,703,000
- Priests
- 152
- Catholics per priest
- 17,783
- Extent
- 33,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
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
- Archbishop
- Felicien Ntambue Kasembe, C.I.C.M.
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
Cathedrale Saint-Joseph stands in Kananga, 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 Kananga
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KabindaKabinda
- Diocese of KoleKole
- Diocese of LueboLuebo
- Diocese of LuizaLuiza
- Diocese of MbujimayiMbujimayi
- Diocese of MwekaMweka
- Diocese of TshilombaTshilomba
- Diocese of TshumbeTshumbe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
As Metropolitan See, the Archdiocese of Kananga (Latin: Archidioecesis Kanangana) heads the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its episcopal cathedral, the Cathédrale Saint Joseph Mikalayi, is located at Kazumba, while the city of Kananga holds the Pro-cathédrale Saint Clément.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 70, Kananga, Rép. Démocratique du Congo
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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 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
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].