Diocese of Kolwezi
Koluezen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite diocese in the mining city of Kolwezi, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, erected on 11 March 1971 from the Diocese of Kamina. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lubumbashi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 March 1971
- Latin
- Koluezen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001885
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 615,000
- Population
- 1,050,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 58.6%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 6,989
- Extent
- 103,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.9
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
- Richard Kazadi Kamba
- Born
- 6 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Lubumbashi
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
Kathedrale St. Barbara und St. Eligius stands in Kolwezi, 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 Kilwa-KasengaKilwa
- Diocese of KongoloKongolo
- Diocese of ManonoManono
- Diocese of Sakania-KipushiSakania
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kolwezi, a city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Koluezen(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi.
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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.