Roman Catholic diocese in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Diocese of Luiza
Dioecesis Ludovicanus
Location
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Metropolitan
Kananga
Statistics
Area
21,777 km2 (8,408 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2022) 1,230,000 738,000 (60.0%)
Information
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula
Bishops emeritus
Léonard Kasanda Lumembu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luiza (Latin: Ludovican(us)) is a diocese located in the territory of Luiza in the ecclesiastical province of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On January 3, 2014, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Luiza's bishop, Léonard Kasanda Lumembu and appointed as his successor Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula, a former university professor who was second secretary of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CENCO) from 2008 to 2014.[1] He was installed on March 23, 2014.[2]
^Cite error: The named reference lumembu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Malenge, Jean-Baptiste (April 4, 2014). "ORDINATION ÉPISCOPALE DE MGR FÉLICIEN MWANAMA, ÉVÊQUE DE LUIZA". Prêtre dans la Rue (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2022. Malenge is a correspondent for Vatican Radio.
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