Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

ARCHDIOCESE OF LUBUMBASHI (Archidioecesis Lubumbashiensis)

Country: Congo
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1910 as Apostolic Prefecture of Katanga
Elevated 1932 to Apostolic Vicariate of Katanga
Elevated 1959 to Archdiocese of Elisabethville
Renamed 1966 to Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Lubumbashi

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Arms of Prefects and Vicars

Jean-Félix de Hemptinne (1910-1958)
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José Floriberto Cornelis (1958-1959)

Arms of Archishops

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José Floriberto Cornelis (1966-1967)
Eugène Kabanga Songasonga (1967-1998)
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Floribert Songasonga Mwitwa (1998-2010)
Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo (2010-2021)
Fulgence Muteba Mugalu (2021-present)

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