Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Lubumbashi () or simply Lubumbashi Cathedral , in the city of Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province in the

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, is a

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of the

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and the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi (''Archidioecesis Lubumbashiensis''). The cathedral church is located between Kapenda and Kasa-Vubu avenues. The Convent of St. Peter and St. Paul and several provincial government buildings are located nearby. The

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church dates to 1920, when the area was under Belgian colonial rule. It was elevated to cathedral status with the promotion of the

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of Katanga to diocesan status in 1959, by the Bull ''"Cum parvulum"'' of

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. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga.

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