Diocese of Luiza

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	Leo XIV
Bishop	Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula
Bishops emeritus	Léonard Kasanda Lumembu

Diocese of Luiza — 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 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]

History

September 26, 1967: Established as the Diocese of Luiza from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Luluabourg^[3]
March 25, 2022: Lost territory to establish the Diocese of Tshilomba^[4]

Archbishop (personal title) Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. (September 26, 1967^[5] – October 3, 1970)
Bishop Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M. (August 30, 1971^[6] – March 3, 1997), appointed Archbishop of Kananga
Bishop Léonard Kasanda Lumembu, C.I.C.M. (April 3, 1998^[7] – January 3, 2014)^[1]
Bishop Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula (January 3, 2014^[1] – present)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Luiza is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.^[8]

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