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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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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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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.

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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.

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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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