Diocese of Kongolo Dioecesis Kongoloensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Metropolitan | Lubumbashi |
Statistics | |
Area | 44,206 km2 (17,068 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 700,000 135,350 (19.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kongolo ( Latin: Kongoloën(sis)) 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 (dedicated to Our Lady's Heart) in the city of Kongolo.
(all Roman rite)
(So far all but one are members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.).)