Suffragan diocese Luiza, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Luiza
Ludovican(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Kasai-Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected on 26 September 1967 from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg. On 25 March 2022 it ceded territory to create the new Diocese of Tshilomba. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga.
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- Established
- 1967
- Catholics
- 738,000
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 21,777 km²
Parishes and churches
28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Saint-Vincent (Cathédrale) (1955)Lwiza · CathedralView parish
- Christ-RoiTshiamalaView parish
- Christ-Roi (1980)LwetaView parish
- Christ-Roi (1989)KahahView parish
- Notre-Dame de Grâce (1953)LuputaView parish
- Notre-Dame de la PaixTshibangu MpataView parish
- Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours (1999)Lwiza UputuView parish
- Saint-Antoine (1960)KalombaView parish
- Saint-Boniface (1947)NguemaView parish
- Saint-Charles LwangaMakotaView parish
- Saint-François Xavier (1960)MulunduView parish
- Saint-Jacques (1898)TshilombaView parish
- Saint-Jean l’Evangéliste (1935)MaswikaView parish
- Saint-Jean l’Evangéliste (1959)YangalaView parish
- Saint-Jean Marie Vianney (1937)KampondeView parish
- Saint-Joseph (2000)SambuyiView parish
- Saint-Louis (1947)Mwene-DituView parish
- Saint-Marc (1991)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-MartinBukasaView parish
- Saint-Placide (2000)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Théophile (1939)LwamboView parish
- Sainte Marguerite (1936)WikongView parish
- Sainte-Marie (1937)TshibalaView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse (1980)DibandishiView parish
- Saints-Anges Michel et Gabriel (1986)KanincinView parish
- Saints-MartyrsKatshisambaView parish
- Saints-Martyrs de l’Ouganda (1963)MubinzaView parish
- Saints-Pierre et Paul (1960)MusaulaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Felicien Mwanama Galumbulula
- Born
- 26 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Tshibala
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The cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Vincent stands in Luiza, 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
The territory of Luiza, within the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, forms a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ludovican(us)). On January 3, 2014, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of its bishop, Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, and named Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula to succeed him. The new bishop, a former university professor who had served as second secretary of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CENCO) from 2008 to 2014, was installed on March 23, 2014.