Diocese of Kolwezi
Koluezen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in the mining city of Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected on 11 March 1971 from the Diocese of Kamina. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 March 1971
- Latin
- Koluezen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001885
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 615,000
- Population
- 1,050,000
- Catholic share
- 58.6%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 6,989
- Extent
- 103,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.9
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
- Richard Kazadi Kamba
- Born
- 6 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Lubumbashi
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
Kathedrale St. Barbara und St. Eligius stands in Kolwezi, 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 Kalemie-KirunguKalemie
- Diocese of KaminaKamina
- Diocese of Kilwa-KasengaKilwa
- Diocese of KongoloKongolo
- Diocese of ManonoManono
- Diocese of Sakania-KipushiSakania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kolwezi, a city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Koluezen(sis)) within 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].