Archdiocese of Lubumbashi
Lubumbashien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 May 1966
- Latin
- Lubumbashien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002056
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,064,000
- Priests
- 409
- Catholics per priest
- 5,046
- Extent
- 61,828 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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
- Archbishop
- Fulgence Muteba Mugalu
- Born
- 9 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Kongolo
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
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.
The province of Lubumbashi
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Kalemie-KirunguKalemie
- Diocese of KaminaKamina
- Diocese of Kilwa-KasengaKilwa
- Diocese of KolweziKolwezi
- Diocese of KongoloKongolo
- Diocese of ManonoManono
- Diocese of Sakania-KipushiSakania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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)).
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].