Suffragan diocese Luebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Luebo
Lueboën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected as an Apostolic Vicariate on 25 April 1959 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. Its cathedral in Luebo is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, and the diocese is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga.
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- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 1,200,000
- Priests
- 48
- Territory
- 32,000 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Saint Jean-Baptiste-nouvelle CathédraleLuebo · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse Bienheureuse Anuarite Nkongolo MonjiNkongolo MonjiView parish
- Paroisse Christ-Roi KafubaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Immaculé Conception Mayi MuneneMayi MuneneView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de Grâce KitanguaKitanguaView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de Fatima Nd3joko-PundaNd3joko-PundaView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de Sept douleurs NdekeshaNdekeshaView parish
- Paroisse Sacré-cœur-ancienne cathédraleLueboView parish
- Paroisse Saint André Tshikapa - DibumbaDibumbaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Antoine Tshikapa- KeleKeleView parish
- Paroisse Saint Benjamin BilombaBilombaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Charles Luangwa ShambuandaShambuandaView parish
- Paroisse Saint François BiakabombaBiakabombaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Gabriel KamakoKamakoView parish
- Paroisse Saint Jacques DibokoDibokoView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph Tshikapa-KeleTshikapa-KeleView parish
- Paroisse Saint Kizito Tshikapa-DibumbaTshikapa-DibumbaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Laurent Tshikapa-CentreTshikapa-CentreView parish
- Paroisse Saint Marcel KonyiKonyiView parish
- Paroisse Saint Paul DikongayiDikongayiView parish
- Paroisse Saint Philippe KaminaKaminaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre MbulunguMbulunguView parish
- Paroisse Saint Théophile KasengaKasengaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Vincent de Paul Tshikapa-DibumbaTshikapa-DibumbaView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse KamueshaKamueshaView parish
- Paroisse Saints Martyrs Tshikapa- MilamboMilamboView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pierre-Celestin Tshitoko Mamba
- Born
- 23 February 1956
- Birthplace
- Kolwezi
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste stands in Luebo, 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
A suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luebo (Latin: Lueboën(sis)) keeps its episcopal see at the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, dedicated to John the Baptist. The city of Luebo also holds a former cathedral, the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur, dedicated to the Sacred Heart.