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.
- Sainte-Marie Immaculée Conception (1958)Dilolo-GareView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus (1927)Dilolo-PosteView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse d’Avila (1955)KisengeView parish
- Saints Pierre et Paul (1931)KafakumbaView 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.