Diocese of Luebo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, and it has a former cathedral: Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur, also in the city of Luebo.
History
- Established on 25 April 1959 as Apostolic Vicariate of Luebo, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Luluabourg
- 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Luebo
- On 26 September 1967, it gained territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg
Episcopal ordinaries
; Apostolic Vicar of Luebo
- Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo, Titular Bishop of Lebedus
- Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo, also Apostolic Administrator of the then Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi, promoted Bishop of the same Mbujimayi
- François Kabangu wa Mutela
- Archbishop Emery Kabongo Kanundowi, also Apostolic Administrator of Mweka ; previously Second private Secretary of Pope John Paul II
- Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba