Diocese of Kilwa-Kasenga
Kilvaën(sis)-Kasengaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kilwa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected in 1948 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Lac Moero, promoted to Diocese of Kilwa on 24 August 1962, and renamed Kilwa-Kasenga on 4 August 1977. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 August 1977
- Latin
- Kilvaën(sis)-Kasengaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001857
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 130,000
- Population
- 450,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 28.9%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 3,333
- Extent
- 54,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Desire Lenge Mukwenye
- Born
- 2 March 1966
- Birthplace
- Lwanza
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale Saint André in Kilwa stands in Kilwa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lubumbashi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LubumbashiLubumbashi
- Diocese of Kalemie-KirunguKalemie
- Diocese of KaminaKamina
- Diocese of KolweziKolwezi
- Diocese of KongoloKongolo
- Diocese of ManonoManono
- Diocese of Sakania-KipushiSakania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two cities, Kilwa and Kasenga, anchor this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kilvaën(sis)-Kasengaën(sis)) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which falls within the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché, B.P. 74, Kilwa [par Lubumbashi], Rép. Démocratique du Congo
- Telephone
- [097]595.06.30
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.