Diocese of Kongolo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur-de-Marie in the city of Kongolo.
History
- Established on 30 June 1911 as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Katanga, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville
- Promoted on 18 June 1935 as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Katanga, hence entitled to a titular bishop
- Renamed 8 March 1951 as Apostolic Vicariate of Kongolo, after its see
- Lost territory on 23 April 1956 to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Kindu
- Promoted on 10 November 1959 as Diocese of Kongolo, no longer missionary nor exempt
- Lost territory on 10 March 1966 to the Diocese of Kabinda
- Gained territory on 8 May 1971 from the Diocese of Baudouinville
- Lost territory on 31 May 1971 to establish the Diocese of Manono
Bishops
''''Ordinaries
''''Apostolic Prefects of Northern Katanga
- Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp.
- Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp.
- Fr. Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp.
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Katanga
- Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Pertusa
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp., Titular Bishop of Cremna
Apostolic Vicars of Kongolo
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp.
Bishops of Kongolo
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp., afterward Titular Bishop of Zama minor
- Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe
- Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga,, also Apostolic Administrator of Kalemie–Kirungu
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu, appointed Bishop of Manono in 2005
- Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, appointed Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga in 2005