Suffragan diocese Kilwa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga
Kilvaën(sis)-Kasengaën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected in 1948 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Moero, promoted to Diocese of Kilwa on 24 August 1962, and renamed Kilwa-Kasenga on 4 August 1977. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
On the map
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- Established
- 1977
- Catholics
- 130,000
- Priests
- 39
- Territory
- 54,000 km²
Parishes and churches
19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint-André (1924) (Cathédrale)Kilwa · CathedralView parish
- Bienheureuse AnuariteTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame du Plateau (2011)LwishiView parish
- Paroisse Sainte-Marie ImmaculéeLukafuView parish
- Saint-André LubandaLubandaView parish
- Saint-Antoine de Padou (1925)LukonzolwaView parish
- Saint-Charles Lwanga (1963)Kasongo-MwanaView parish
- Saint-Charles Lwanga de LupembeTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-GeorgesTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-GuillaumeKabimbiView parish
- Saint-Joseph (2011)NsomboshiView parish
- Saint-Michel (1941)KashobweView parish
- Saint-Pierre (2013)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marie Immaculée (1931)Dubie – MUTABIView parish
- Sainte Marie Médiatrice (1940)MitwabaView parish
- Sainte-CroixKasengaView parish
- Sainte-Famille (1924)PwetoView parish
- Sainte-Marie AuxiliatriceKasomenoView parish
- Sainte-Marie de Kasolo – Miséricorde de DieuTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Desire Lenge Mukwenye
- Born
- 2 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Lwanza
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The cathedral
Cathédrale Saint André in Kilwa stands in Kilwa, 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.
History
Two cities, Kilwa and Kasenga, anchor this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kilvaën(sis)-Kasengaën(sis)) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which falls within the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi.