Suffragan diocese Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Kolwezi
Koluezen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1971
- Catholics
- 615,000
- Priests
- 88
- Territory
- 103,440 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ-Roi (1929)NtitaView parish
- Christ-Roi (1964)Town not recordedView parish
- Christ-Sauveur (1984)Town not recordedView parish
- Cœur Immaculé de Marie (1951)MpalaView parish
- Notre-Dame de Fatima (1946)Town not recordedView parish
- Notre-Dame de Fatima (1957)MusumbaView parish
- Notre-Dame de la Paix (1963)Town not recordedView parish
- Notre-Dame des Pauvres (1961)KapataView parish
- Notre-Dame Stella Maris (1931)MutshatshaView parish
- Sacré-Cœur (1909)KanzenzeView parish
- Saint-Antoine de Moine (1956)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Antoine de Padoue (1939)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Charles Lwanga et Compagnons (1978)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-François d’Assise (1922)Sandoa-MissionView parish
- Saint-François d’Assise (1953)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Jacques (1948)MutoshiView parish
- Saint-Jean Bosco (1942)KasajiView parish
- Saint-Jean l’Apôtre (1952)Musonoie IIView parish
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste (1953)NsekeView parish
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1987)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Joseph (1966)MusonoieView parish
- Saint-Kizito (1964)Sandoa CitéView parish
- Saint-Kizito (1969)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Michel (1962)KalambaView parish
- Saint-Pascal Baylon (1956)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Paul (2012)DivumaView parish
- Sainte Anne et Saint André (2012)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Barbe et Saint-Eloi (Cathédrale) (1940)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte-Dorothée de Montau (2012)MusumbaView parish
- Sainte-Famille (1975)KapangaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Richard Kazadi Kamba
- Born
- 6 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Lubumbashi
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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.
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.