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Suffragan diocese Tshumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Tshumbe

Tshumbeen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in the Sankuru region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, established as an Apostolic Prefecture on 25 May 1936 and promoted to diocese on 10 November 1959. Its seat is the Cathedrale Sainte-Marie in Tshumbe, and it is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kananga.

On the map

Esri
Tshumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1959
Catholics
331,353
Priests
94
Territory
60,000 km²

Parishes and churches

20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho
Born
22 January 1963
Birthplace
Kinshasa

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Sainte-Marie stands in Tshumbe, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Kasai-Oriental, the city of Tshumbe hosts the episcopal see of a Latin suffragan diocese (Latin: Tshumbeen(sis)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The cathedral is the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie.