Roman Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe

Diocese of Tshumbe Dioecesis Tshumbeensis
Location
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan	Kananga
Statistics
Area	60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 683,288 331,353 (48.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tshumbe (Template:Lang-la) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Sainte-Marie in the city of Tshumbe in Kasai-Oriental.

History

• 25 May 1936: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tshumbe, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai
• 14 March 1947: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Tshumbe, hence entitled to a titular bishop
• Lost territory on 14 June 1951: to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kole
• 10 November 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Tshumbe

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, Passionists (C.P.) (28 Jul 1936 – 14 March 1947 see below)

Apostolic Vicar of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (see above 14 March 1947 – 10 November 1959 see below), Titular Bishop of Caffa (23 March 1947 – 10 November 1959)

Suffragan Bishops of Tshumbe

• Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. (see above 10 November 1959 – 9 April 1968), later Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria (9 April 1968 – death 20 April 1976)
• Albert Tshomba Yungu (9 April 1968 – 22 July 1995); also President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (1975 – 1979)
• Nicolas Djomo Lola (20 May 1997 – 11 June 2022); also President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2002 – 07.2007), President of National Episcopal Conference of Congo (2008 – 24 June 2016).
• Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho (11 June 2022 - ... )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Source and External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy