The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lubumbashi ( la, Lubumbashien(sis)) is the

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Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: (French), ( Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katan ...

in the

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History

* 1910.08.05: Established as

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of Katanga, on territory split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville * 1922.07.18: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Lulua Katanga (now its suffragan dioceses of Kamina and Kolwesi) * 1925.05.12: Lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Luapula (now its suffragan Sakania–Kipushi) * 1932.03.22: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga, still exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See * 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Elisabethville * 1966.05.30: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi * 1977.03.05: Lost territory to the suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese of Sakania–Kipushi * Enjoyed a papal visit by

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in August 1985.

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul in Lubumbashi.

Bishops

Ordinaries in reverse chronological order

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Lubumbashi (

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), below ** Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (2021.05.22 – ...) ** Archbishop Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2010.12.01 – 2021.03.31) ** Archbishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (1998.05.22 – 2010.12.01) ** Archbishop Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967.04.13 – 1998.03.25) ** Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis,

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(1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13); ''see below'' *Vicars Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below ** Bishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B. (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10); ''see above'' **

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Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1932.03.15 – 1958.02.06); ''see below'' *Prefect Apostolic of Katanga (Latin Rite), below ** Father Jean-Félix de Hemptinne, O.S.B. (1910.08.06 – 1932.03.15); ''see above''

Coadjutor archbishop

" Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, S.D.B. (2008-2010)

Suffragan dioceses

* Kalemie–Kirungu * Kamina * Kilwa–Kasenga *

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* Kongolo * Manono * Sakania–Kipushi

Sources

GCatholic.org
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