Metropolitan see Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
Lubumbashien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in the Katanga copperbelt of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established in 1910 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga, promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville on 10 November 1959, and renamed Lubumbashi on 30 May 1966. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Lubumbashi. Suffragans: Kalemie-Kirungu, Kamina, Kilwa-Kasenga, Kolwezi, Kongolo, Manono, and Sakania-Kipushi.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 2,064,000
- Priests
- 409
- Territory
- 61,828 km²
Parishes and churches
72 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saints-Pierre & Paul, Cathédrale (1920)Town not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Bienheureuse AnuariteTown not recordedView parish
- Bienheureux Jean-Paul II (2012)Town not recordedView parish
- Bikira Mama wa MapendoTown not recordedView parish
- Bikira Mwenyi HurumaTown not recordedView parish
- Christ Sauveur (1960)Town not recordedView parish
- Mama wa Mitume, Luano, C/AnnexeTown not recordedView parish
- Marie AuxiliatriceTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame de Fatima (1926)Town not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame de la PaixTown not recordedView parish
- Notre Dame des PauvresTown not recordedView parish
- Reine des ApôtresTown not recordedView parish
- Sacré CœurTown not recordedView parish
- Sacré Cœur, LubudiTown not recordedView parish
- Sacré-Cœur (1939)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint AthanaseTown not recordedView parish
- Saint joseph, KakandaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Abraham (1968)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Amand (1956)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-André KimTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Antoine l’AfricainTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Augustin (1959)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Barthélémy (1972)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Benoît (1911)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Benoît (1960)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Charles LwangaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Charles-Lwanga (1970)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Christophe (1947)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Cyprien (1964)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-EspritTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Fulgence Muteba Mugalu
- Born
- 9 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Kongolo
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Lubumbashi, 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
Lubumbashi is the Metropolitan See of its ecclesiastical province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, governed as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (Latin: Lubumbashien(sis)).
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