Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo

Roman Catholic diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diocese of Luebo Dioecesis Lueboensis

Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Kananga
Statistics
Area	32,000 km² (12,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2002) 2,000,000 1,200,000 (60.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba
Bishops emeritus	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luebo (Latin: Lueboën(sis)) 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 (dedicated to John the Baptist), and it has a former cathedral: Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur (dedicated to the Sacred Heart), 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

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of Luebo

Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (25 April 1959 – 10 November 1959 see below), Titular Bishop of Lebedus (25 April 1959 – 10 November 1959)

Suffragan Bishops of Luebo

Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo (see above 10 November 1959 – 3 May 1966), also Apostolic Administrator of the then Apostolic Administration of Mbuji-Mayi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1963 – 3 May 1966), promoted Bishop of the same Mbujimayi (3 May 1966 – 1991)
François Kabangu wa Mutela (26 September 1967 – 10 December 1987)
Archbishop (personal title) Emery Kabongo Kanundowi (10 December 1987 – 14 August 2003), also Apostolic Administrator of Mweka (Congo-Kinshasa) (1988 – 19 January 1989); previously Second private Secretary of Pope John Paul II (1982- 10 December 1987 ) (first African to hold such post)
Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba (7 January 2006 - ... )