Diocese of Kolwezi, Congo-Kinshasa 🇨🇩

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kolwezi / Koluezen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lubumbashi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Luena (←), Saurimo (←), Dundo (↖), Luiza (↖), Tshilomba (↖), Kamina (↑), Lubumbashi (→), Solwezi (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.03.11: Established as Diocese of Kolwezi / Koluezen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kamina and became suffragan of Lubumbashi)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.01.11 – ...):

Bishop Richard Kazadi Kamba (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kolwezi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richard Kazadi Kamba (61)
(2022.01.11 – ...)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

In defensione et confermatione Evangelii

Born:	1964.12.06 (Lubumbashi, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1992.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.07

Priest of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1992.09.19 – 2022.01.11)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2022.01.11 – ...)

Bishop Nestor Ngoy Katahwa (83)
(2000.11.16 – 2022.01.11)

Bishop emeritus of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa)

Born:	1943.03.24 (Nonge, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.26

Bishop of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (1989.09.25 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2000.11.16 – 2022.01.11)

Bishop Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (later Archbishop)
(1974.04.25 – 1998.05.22)

Born:	1937.08.29 (Kalasa, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1963.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.08.24
Died:	2020.12.31 (Lubumbashi, Congo-Kinshasa † 83)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1974.04.25 – 1998.05.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1998.03.25 – 1998.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1998.05.22 – 2010.12.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Sakania–Kipushi (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001 – 2004.04.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Manono (Congo-Kinshasa) (2001.12.21 – 2004.04.07)

Bishop Victor Petrus Keuppens, O.F.M.
(1971.03.11 – 1974.04.25)

Born:	1902.12.15 (Turnhout, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1928.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.09.21
Died:	1981.10.11 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Acmonia (1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Lulua (Congo-Kinshasa) (1950.06.25 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Kamina (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1971.03.11)

Bishop of Kolwezi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1971.03.11 – 1974.04.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Barbe et Saint-Eloi, Kolwezi, Lualaba

Luena (←), Saurimo (←), Dundo (↖), Luiza (↖), Tshilomba (↖), Kamina (↑), Lubumbashi (→), Solwezi (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 105,184 km²

Population: 1,453,000 Catholics (52.3% of 2,778,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 88 priests (50 diocesan, 38 religious), 341 religious (175 brothers, 166 sisters), 56 seminarians