Roman Catholic diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
Bishops
(all Roman rite)
Ordinaries
(So far all but one are members of the Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.).)
Apostolic Prefects of Northern Katanga
- Fr. Emilio Callewaert, C.S.Sp. (1912 – 1922)
- Fr. Luigi Lempereur, C.S.Sp. (1922 – 1930)
- Fr. Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp. (19 February 1931 – 18 June 1935 see below)
Apostolic Vicars of Northern Katanga
- Bishop Giorgio Giuseppe Haezaert, C.S.Sp. (see above 18 June 1935 – 1949), Titular Bishop of Pertusa (18 June 1935 – 29 September 1957)
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (31 May 1950 – 8 March 1951 see below), Titular Bishop of Cremna (31 May 1950 – 10 November 1959)
Apostolic Vicars of Kongolo
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (see above 8 March 1951 – 10 November 1959 see below)
Bishops of Kongolo
- Bishop Gustave Joseph Bouve, C.S.Sp. (see above 10 November 1959 – 1 September 1970), afterward Titular Bishop of Zama minor (1 September 1970 – 4 March 1971)
- Bishop Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe (16 January 1971 – 31 March 2007)
- Bishop Oscar Ngoy wa Mpanga, (C.S.Sp.) (31 March 2007 - ...), also Apostolic Administrator of Kalemie–Kirungu (Congo-Kinshasa) (15 September 2010 – 31 March 2015)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Vincent de Paul Kwanga Njubu, appointed Bishop of Manono in 2005
- Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, appointed Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga in 2005